Emmanuel Jal: South Sudanese war-child-turned-rapper

"Violence is addictive," says former child soldier-turned-hip hop artist and activist, Emmanuel Jal. He should know.

Born in what is now South Sudan, Jal grew up with war raging between the predominantly Arab Islamic north and largely Christian south Sudan. As a boy, he also lost most of his family including his mother, saw his house being burnt down and witnessed his aunt being raped by soldiers.

Oil-rich South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to secede from the rest of Sudan in a January 2011 referendum. Today, the world's youngest nation turns two but unfortunately it still faces huge challenges, including violence, lack of government services and deep poverty.

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Direction: Claudine Boeglin
Production: Shanshan Chen
Animation: Amelia Wong
Design:Ye Li
Photography: Reuters
Music: Emmanuel Jal, 'Babylon' Album 'See me mama'

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Tess Christian
Verena Robinson
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