[Afropop] Emmanual Jal is a self-made man and a self-made artist. He emerged from a horrific childhood amid civil war in Sudan. He was trained to fight as a child soldier, barely survived escape and a trek to Ethiopia and Kenya, and ultimately emerged as a musician and writer. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, was published in 2009. In 2021, we spoke with Jal about life and music in his adopted home town, Toronto. Earlier this year, he dropped a new single "Chaak," with Bun Xaapa. When I