What is it like, when war robs you of your childhood?If you have no one to care for you, the gun is your only defender in heat of civil war -- and you are just seven years old? We look at the tragic fate of one such man . Our guest has lost his mother during the war in South Sudan, and became a soldier. Kindness of strangers and music has helped him overcome his past. Emmanuel Jal is now a world-famous hip-hop artist - and he's here on Sophie&Co today..

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