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EMMANUEL JAL

Emmanuel Jal always knew that his remarkable tale of survival would someday serve a larger purpose.

Emmanuel is a former child soldier from the South Sudan turned hip-hop sensation, international recording artist, activist and philanthropist. He is a public speaker, musician, actor, story teller, educator, activist, entrepreneur and life coach. After six albums, a TED talk, an award-winning biography and a starring role opposite Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie, Jal, 39, appreciates the power of his story: A South Sudanese orphan forced to fight in a war he didn’t understand who would go on to overcome the trauma, learn to forgive and emerge stronger.

Emmanuel is the founder of Gatwitch Records, Jal Gua Foods and Gua Africa charity. His vision is to share his experiences for social emotional learning through the Arts, Business and Philanthropy, in order to create a higher state of conscious global awakening.

Emmanuel has also founded "My Life is Art", a platform he uses to educate leaders to ‘own their minds’, ‘find their purpose, discover what they are great at’, ‘Create habits and beliefs to support their journey to success and manage their daily lives’, and ‘increase their mental power’.

Now based in Canada, Jal is taking that reconciliation message global, teaching through his music and his advocacy that peace is something that starts from within. “A traumatized person acts on instinct; he can’t plan for the future,” he says. “But when you eradicate the bitterness and find your purpose, you can manifest big things in life.”

To encourage others to find forgiveness and move toward inner—and outer—peace, Jal has supplemented his musical messaging with a series of workshops on self-awareness, meditation and inner strength. To expand that reach worldwide, he’s building an app that uses an African-inflected approach to meditation while promoting positive habits.

Recognizing that education is one of the building blocks of self-awareness, Jal is also returning to his roots in South Sudan. He wants to rebuild the school he helped establish in the town of Leer in 2010, before it was destroyed by another outbreak of war four years later. It’s pointless to start construction before there is peace, he says, but his music—popular across the country—is laying the groundwork.

“The fact that those kids see me doing my things, it inspires them. They say, ‘This guy is one of us, and see where he is now,’ he says. “I am just here to keep hope alive that tomorrow will get better.”

PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

President Bill Clinton for The Clinton global Initiative | Virgin Unite with Richard Branson | TED Global and TED Audacious Ideas with Larry Paige Founder of Google, Chris Anderson founder of TED, Steve Wozniak, Lauren Powell Jobs | David Cameron former prime minister of UK | Gordon Brown former prime minister of UK | The UN with Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon and Stevie Wonder | The Elders Group with Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Kofi Annan, President Jimmy Carter, Martti Ahtisaari, Mary Robinson, President Ernesto Zedillo | One Concert with his Holiness the Dalai Lama | Child Soldier’s Initiative with Angelina Jolie and General Romeo Dallaire | Charlize Theron and Pussy Riot for Cinema for Peace | Meghan Markle for Kruger Cowne | CHER and Bob Geldof for One Young World | G20 | Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday | Live Aid | Peace One Day | Warchild

PERFORMED WITH / COLLABORATED ON SCREEN AND MUSIC

AWARDS

LINKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Emmanuel Jal