Africa!

By Various frogs - July 23, 2009

There were three African speakers today on the TED stage who I thought carried the most touching, moving, and important stories to Oxford. Emmanuel Jal (pictured above) was a Sudanese soldier from age six to thirteen before being smuggled across the border into Kenya by an English aid worker, essentially saving his life. He then found music and began unraveling the deceit and rage of his childhood. His spoken word about the atrocities he witnessed struck a deep nerve with the crowd. Then he got up and danced — along with the entire auditorium. 

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