Emmanuel Jal
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Emmanuel Jal Biography
Genre-straddling African Christian gospel rapper Emmanuel Jal
was born in the village of Tong (sometimes spelled Tony) in southern
Sudan around 1980. His mother died when he was still a young child of
seven or so, and Jal was forced into a Sudan People's Liberation Army
(SPLA) military training camp in Ethiopia, where he was trained to be a
soldier, participating in military battles before he was even a
teenager. Eventually he left Ethiopia and made the dangerous, grueling
journey across Sudan to Waat, which was near his Upper Nile home. From
there he was smuggled by his mentor and protector Emma McCune into
Nairobi, Kenya. Following McCune's death, Jal became one of the
millions displaced by Sudan's violent civil war. McCune's friends and
associates saw to it that Jal received an education, and he was able to
attend Tala Academy. He began singing around 1998, and was soon active
in his local church choir, and formed numerous musical groups,
including the Reborn Warriors, his current gospel hip-hop band. He
produced a single, All We Need Is Jesus, and an album, Gua, the title
track of which was a number one hit in Kenya. Jal collaborated with
Abdel Gadir Salim, a Sudanese Moslem musician, for the album Ceasefire,
which was released in 2005, and included a re-recording of Gua. Since
Jal was from the south of Sudan, and Salim was from the north, the
collaboration of the two musicians symbolized the kind of unity many
have hoped for in the Sudan conflict, and Ceasefire is a major plea for
peace and sanity. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Written by Steve Leggett