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War Child
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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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 closerwith the Islamic government seizing tribal lands for water, oil, and other resourcesJal'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.
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Warchild: A Boy Soldier's Story. Emmanuel Jal and Megan Lloyd Davies | Emmanuel Jal

Harrowing reading, but amazing he survived to tell his story.

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Simona
Simona
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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When child is a soldier then something is very wrong with our world ... Emmanuel‘s childhood was constant battle of survival. Growing up with many scars in his soul, he managed to escape, to control his anger/hate, and find his voice in music. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAroundTheWorld #SouthSudan @BookwormM
#booked2019 #soldiersStory @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
#Nonfiction2019 #WrittenByApoc @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Cinfhen Well played👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Simona Thanks @Cinfhen 😊 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds heartbreaking, but such an important read! Stacking! 5y
Simona @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It is not the best written book in the world, but his message is important... 5y
wordzie ❤❤ 5y
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Simona
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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9 years old child, driven by hate and trained to be a soldier ...

rockpools So sad. 5y
Simona @RachelO Sad, but important to hear/read it ... 5y
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War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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A memoir of a child soldier on war torn Sudan during their civil war. Another tragic story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

#memoir #sudan

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War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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War Child is about 7 year old Jal or Emmanuel from Sudan who gets caught up in the war between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan. His entire family is displaced, he gets sent to the Ethiopian refugee camp, gets recruited as a child soldier in the South Sudan Rebellion and eventually escapes war by getting to Kenya.

This is an amazing read...definitely pick it up!

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Robinsroute
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story | Emmanuel Jal
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Found this jewel in my mother's books in the basement, while I was going through things to put on our new bookshelf. The guy who wrote this book was also an actor in a movie I saw called "The Good Lie". It's on Netflix (Netflix in Canada, anyway). Very heartbreaking movie. Emmanuel Jal is also heavily into activism and human rights organizations, such as UNICEF, and Amnesty International. Cannot wait to read this! :)

Book_shelved Loved this book. Haven't seen the movie...should get on to it! 7y
Robinsroute It's on Netflix (in Canada at least). Such a heartbreaking movie, in all the best and crucial ways 7y
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