Hip-hop music and culture is often recognized as having roots in Africa, but the genre of music and the culture is original to the East coast of the United States. This lesson explores the impact of...

Hip Hop Music and culture of Africa
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We want Peace – Emmanuel Jal

Emmanuel Jal was a Sudanese and was a child soldier at the age of seven when his mother was killed in the war of South Sudan and his father was a commander of Sudan people’s liberation army. Emmanuel’s father sent him to Ethiopia. Then a British aid worker name Sunshine Victoria, smuggled him out of Ethiopia and later espoused him. Emmanuel grew up in Britain and loved watching television. He loved watching rap songs and finally started writing hip hop songs on various social issues. This love for rapping helped him to find a home in Britain. The people began to love him and gave attention to his rap songs which was focusing on social issues. (The Troubador, Crystal Leigh Endsley & Marla Jaksch, pg.139)
In the above hip hop song “We want peace” Emmanuel Jal wants to raise his voice for freedom, peace and equality for all in this world and especially in his motherland Sudan. He wanted to spread the message of love and peace through his power of music, universally. The song of “We want peace” was organized with the help and support of some eminent actors, activists and authors and created a great...