02852cam a22004094a 4500 3049 FISKH 20240201103241.0 080627s2009 nyu 000 0aeng 2008028967 9780312383220 0312383223 9781408700051 DLC DLC DLC eng f-sj--- DT157.672 .J35 2009 962.404/3 B 22 Jal, Emmanuel War child : a child soldier's story / Emmanuel Jal with Megan Lloyd Davies. London : Abacus, 2009 262 pages ; 24 cm. In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven year old Sudanese boy, living in a small village with his parents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer - with the Islamic government seizing tribal lands for water, oil, and other resources, Jal's family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, on one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the freedom of Sudan. Soon, Jal was conscripted into that army, one of 10,000 child soldiers, and fought through two separate civil wars over nearly a decade. But, remarkably, Jal survived, and his life began to change when he was adopted by a British aid worker. He began the journey that would lead him to change his name and to music: recording and releasing his own album, which produced the number one hip-hop single in Kenya, and from there went on to perform with Moby, Bono, Peter Gabriel, and other international music stars. Shocking, inspiring, and finally hopeful, War Child is a memoir by a unique young man, who is determined to tell his story and in so doing bring peace to his homeland. Jal, Emmanuel Childhood and youth. Child soldiers Sudan Biography. Rap musicians Biography. Political activists Biography. Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Personal narratives. Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Children Biography. Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Refugees Biography. Lloyd-Davies, Megan. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008028967-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008028967-b.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2008028967-s.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 3049 3049 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 TKSNF 2024-02-01 0 JAL 962.4043 DT157.J35 2024-0071 2024-02-01 10:32:36 2024-02-01 BK