Monday, 28 March 2011
Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child
Summary:
The presenter, Emmanuel Jal, tells a story about himself. He is from Africa. He was born in a war age. He watched how his auntie raped by their enemy, and his brothers and sisters separated in the war. The only two people survived in his family are his father and himself. He joined child solder when he was 8 year old. They were learning how to kill people while other children in the world were studying in schools. He was trying to kill as many people as he could because he wanted to kill enemies for his family and his village. A lady who was from England saved 150 children, and he was one of them. She told them that women and children should get education, and this is the only way to real save their country. Therefore, he is doing music now, and he also donates money for his country, so he tells people that if people want to help them, they should donate money to build new schools and donate tools not to give food to them.
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In this video the presenter talked about one thing which is he knew the reason why people fight in the Africa when he was out of his country. The reason is people who want the oil, diamond and gold use their religion to make war for them. This reminds me to think the was in Africa now. So many people die, and there also are many other counties there. People are no fault. They should not stand these pain and hurt. That is not fair for them. I do not know why other people hurt these poor people while they are donate money and food to them. People should not get too much. If all the people are happy with what they have right now there will not be so many bad things happened. Education makes us to be good thinkers and teaches us what real life is. This is why we study. If we learn more, we want to get more. I think this is the sad thing about education.
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I agree with you, Tong. People have to restrain their own desires properly. Many people use all his entire life in pursuit of fame and fortune. In the end, they often think they are wrong, fame or money cannot instead of anything. And some people may get the world, but they should have lost other things. Some people even do not get fame and fortune, but also lost a lot. People tend to lose before we can appreciate, but it was too late. For love, having a memorable love is that everyone wants; but whether the love is good or bad, nobody can tell until the end. Some people got hurt because of love, and they no longer believe in others; however, some people think that love has been a lifetime of happiness. After a long time experience in life, we can figure out that the simple life is the most happyness.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that some people have ambition because they want to get more money and position. Education is one of the most significant things for people. We are the luckiest people in the world since we can live in a peaceful country. In contrary, many children do not live in a good environment. I always watch the news from T.V. These children do not have smile on their face because they worry their parents and life. I really hope that the wealthy countries do not try to fight others weak countries. This event makes me feel the society is so sick. Also, nothing is perfect in the world. It doesn’t make sense that they always fight the weak countries. People always say they want the world can be peaceful, but who do really care? (words:134)
ReplyDeleteEmmanuel Jal’s story is too tragic and sad. While I am listening to his story, I remember an article about “Blood Diamond” that I read before. According to the article, although some African countries have very rich natural resources, like diamond and oil, conflicts between governing group and rebels have impoverished their economies and people’s lives because both of them have spent a lot of money to buy weapons. Thus, people have lived in poor surroundings due to absence of infrastructure, such as water supply and sewage system or electricity, and a lot of people die from starvation every year. Maybe the article concluded that we should not buy their diamond for them not to be able to buy weapons. Looking back on it now, this article is very funny because it hardly shows how horrible their reality is and how we can truly help them. I thought that it was a way to help them that we gave them some money for food before, but now I can’t understand about why I thought so because I already knew about how important education was and how education could change people’s lives. Therefore, I really hope he can achieve his dream.
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Wars.... They bring so much pain and loss to people, especially for whom was in African countries. Africa have lots of natural mines that contain many precious resources; however, they can't get benefit much from it. Outside countries come in and get all. Therefore, the poverty just follow many African people into their lives. They deal with a war everyday- a war for living, a war for having food, clean water and health care. I can not tell all about the difficulties African have been suffering.Their pains can not end,wars befall those people many times. Poverty and the greed of the tidy profits from precious natural resources begin wars. Emmanuel suffered tragic childhood that no children should have had.Of course I have never experienced a childhood like him did but I think everyone can known how tragic it was. Seeing the place where you lived burned down, seeing your beloved people falling down, how much painful can it be? How long will those memories haunt you? For a lifetime. Emmanuel Jal has overcame those pains and using his music to help for the people suffering from wars. Yeah, I think music is a really good way to help other people, to narrower the gaps between people. It is a fantastic video. Very touching. Thumbs up.
ReplyDeleteInteresting topic! All the time I think will be very actual, because all the time in some corners of the world were and will be war and poverty. These two things influenced the development of people. Many generations of kids lost their family and when they became adults and are dreaming of revenge. Unfortunately for the black continent seems to be an “incurable disease”. This continent was all the time affected by poverty and war and many children are traumatized for life. They live in poverty, are sick and they don’t have any hope for the better. Even they have a chance to escape from hell they will keep the “scars” from past. This was the destine of Emmanuel Jal, but he is still traumatized by his experiences and he has a gap in his soul even if he has a nice life now. He chooses to express his pain by music. In conclusion, don’t play with the souls of children, they are so fragile and sensitive! Don’t break their heads and don’t smash their dreams! (Words:176)
ReplyDeleteI was shock by this video, and I feel sorry for these people who are suffering from the war. What is the reason of the war? Does a country really make chemical weapons to threaten the world? I am not buying that. Actually, some country start wars on other country’s land is not as they said for “world peace”, it is for their rapacity, such as petroleum. In addition, the worse is, the people there are victims. They are supposed to enjoy a good and peaceful life, but everything has been destroyed because of the war in their country. Losing job, quitting school, no food for many days, seeing dead body on the street, and I cannot imagine anymore. As you said, Tong, none of us can endure this kind of pain and hurt. This is the tragedy for all the people on the world. Some powerful country gets something they want during the war, but I am sure they will pay for the lesson sooner or later! (words:168)
ReplyDeleteThis video was very sad; I really want to know what the reason of the war is? War does not have any good thing furthermore; people are just stuffing from the pain in their life. We all have to enjoy our live even if we are poor or rich. The war can make lot of damage to the countries in addition, lot of bad thing could happen. I think those people who start the war do not have any hurt, they do not think about other people as well as children. This guy was very fantastic and he was showing all his pain and suffering by his music to all the people in the world. In conclusion; we all have to think before do anything stupid besides we need to help each other not to destroy each other.
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