It - mt no murmurs“ u- Wtflltt‘hddy,l1’l)lll¢!\ ll zoos Event unveils struggles faced by child soldiers lininanuel lal. an African hip mg in a small village Wllll his laini Sudanese liberation Army as one Nairobi tinieiiiary about lal's life. was ~ hop star and recent author of War ly of 10,000 child soldiers in Sudan's lo help ease the pain of what released in early 1008 to xlt‘tll ( hild, WI“ be coming to Waterloo Hut as Sudan‘s t‘I\‘Il war moved bloody L‘Wll war he had experient ed, he started acclaim ' on left 19 as part of his (anadtan closer . with the Islamic govern lal was a “tenajesli,†or child singing. As well, it won the audience book tour merit seizing tribal lands for water, warrior. put into battle carrying an In ZUUSA he released his first choice award at the lribeca film Words Worth Books is pleased oil and other resources â€"â€" lal's .»\l(-4T that was taller than he was. album. (iua which means festival to be sponsoring him as part ofthe family moved again and again. By the time he was 13 years old. “peace" in his native Nuer tongue Now lal has written a compan store's Words Worth Hearing event seeking peace. he was a veteran of two civil wars . With the title track broadcast ion novel to the film. also titled series. (tne terrible day, lal was sepaw and he had seen hundreds of his across Africa over the BBC and War(2hild. ’ lal Will only be making three rated from his mother, and later fellow child soldiers reduced to becoming a number I hit in It is published by St..\lartin‘s appearances in (ianada as part of learned she had been killed. taking unspeakable measures as Kenya, Press, and costs $27.95 for hard ' his promotion tour. After her death, he was taken they struggled to survive on the Since then lal has Won world- cover. ; i In the mid-1980s. lal was a from his family home and con» killing fields that existed in south Wide acclaim for his unique style Shocking, inspiring and ï¬nally seven-yearold Sudanese boy, livw scripted into the Christian em Sudan. of hip hop With its message of hopeful, War (Ihild is a memoir by ’ After a series of harrowing peace and reconciliation born out a unique young man who is deter? . events. he was rescued by a British of his experiences as a child sol- mined to tell liis story and in so ' aid worker who smuggled him into dier in Sudan doing bringing peace to his home- , GONG RATU LAT'ONS Nairobi to raise him as her own He rhymes in English. Arabic, land. ‘ son Nuer and Ulrika. He has released lal now lives in London, langr m â€6,3... . ' Shortly after he was adopted, two other albums: (Ieasï¬re in 2005 land. ‘ ’ s "4 the aid worker was killed in a car and Warthild in 2000 He is a spokesperson for " ï¬y.‘ , w "E "x ‘ accident. His music has been featured on Amnesty International and Oxfam, 9 "“"’."_‘*“ , i % lal was left to his own devices three episodes of tilt. as well as in and has done work for Save the l , f v 314 a .f\ :- and the kindness ol'strangers to go the National Geographic docuw Children. UNICEF. World Food . " , ‘ . t i‘ Qx- . ' to school and reintegrate into reg» mentary called (iod Grew Tired of Programme, Christian Aid and l ' ~ ~_.' ' Twigs? «its; y ‘w ular society. Us and in the film Blood l)ia~ other charities. l t " , ‘ -_. T L; * "‘. At this time there was no re- monds. He has established his own 1 , “1 ., ‘ g - - “at _ i ' " _ entry program for Sudanese child lal performed at Nelson Man- charitable foundation. (iua Africa, . «a .‘ . _, "'. ~' - , soldiers and lal found himself dela's 90th birthday celebration, to help former Sudanese child sol~ l g i ,'g “ «q . ostracized by many people in and has also performed and diers. ; _;. it" ' .. - addressed deleâ€" This event takes place on Feb. ‘ a: f is 1.3â€, gates from the 19 at Princess Twin (Iinemas. 46 i it? ‘c.' ' ' A" ‘ we UN and has King St. N.. in uptown Waterloo, at 3 ï¬'“ . _ a†toured in the 7 pm, Q " ; A" ,. ' if - ,. , ‘_ 4 , / US and Europe lal will be reading from his ~ " ‘- ’ ' ‘ with his music book. followed by a screening of Pictured ore From kit to right Rom-rt Vogocs Pm Fey David (rouse Jorme Selim“ ‘ 5mm and important his documentary. chJSinessMortogell Rod'ie, 100i Dovtd Ferrontone ,. __-.. message of Tickets, which cost $12, are A peace and rec- available at the door. Dietrich H Look, Dealer Principal oi Volkswagen Waterloo, would like to onciliation. 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