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X-WR-CALNAME:Book Discussion: War Child by Emmanuel Jal\, Megan Lloyd 
	Davies (Peninsula) in Hampton Roads at Postal code 23602\, United Stat
	es - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: War Child by Emmanuel Jal\, Megan Lloyd Davie
	s (Peninsula)
DESCRIPTION:  If anyone from the Southside would like to attend we can
	 get a carpool together so not everyone has to drive. Let Chris know! 
	Author Info: Emmanuel Jal lives in London. His music has been featured
	 in the movie Blood Diamond\, the documentary God Grew Tired of Us\, a
	nd in three episodes of ER. He is a spokesman for Amnesty Internationa
	l and Oxfam\, and has done work for Save the Children\, UNICEF\, World
	 Food Programme\, Christian Aid\, and other charities\, and has establ
	ished his own charitable foundation\, Gua Africa\, to help former Suda
	nese child soldiers. He has been featured in Time Magazine\, USA Today
	\, the Washington Post\, Newsweek.com\, and on NPR\, CNN\, Fox\, MTV\,
	 and the BBC. A documentary about Jal’s life\, also called War Child\
	, premiered to acclaim at the February 2008 Berlin Film Festival and t
	he April 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. His first U.S. album War Child wa
	s released in May 2008. Book Summary: 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 mo
	ved closer—with the Islamic government seizing tribal lands for water
	\, oil\, and other resources—Jal’s family moved again and again\, se
	eking peace. Then\, on one terrible day\, Jal was separated from his m
	other\, and later learned she had been killed\; his father Simon rose 
	to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Ar
	my\, fighting for the freedom of Sudan. Soon\, Jal was conscripted int
	o that army\, one of 10\,000 child soldiers\, and fought through two s
	eparate civil wars over nearly a decade. But\, remarkably\, Jal surviv
	ed\, 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 a
	nd to music: recording and releasing his own album\, which produced th
	e number one hip-hop single in Kenya\, and from there went on to perfo
	rm with Moby\, Bono\, Peter Gabriel\, and other international music st
	ars. Shocking\, inspiring\, and finally hopeful\, War Child is a memoi
	r by a unique young man\, who is determined to tell his story and in s
	o doing bring peace to his homeland.\n
LOCATION:Postal code 23602\, United States @ Newport News, Virginia 23
	602 United States
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