17/07/2025
DEVELOPING STORY: Emmanuel Jalβs Identity Crisis is Getting Worse by the Day.
In his first reaction to the story, singer
Emmanuel Jal said, βI believe Iβm a Nuer, but Iβm not 100% sureβ.
To make the matter even worse, here are several new discoveries that have casted more doubt on the Superstar Singerβs true identity, rendering him more of a Dinka than a Nuer:
1) Emmanuel Jal had told multiple of his friends over the years that he didnβt quite know who his parents were.
2) Emmanuel Jal told people that, as a child, he actually found himself speaking Dinka as his primary language at age 7. He also said that he only learned Nuer language at the age of 10 and that he is still not quite fluent in Nuer up to this date.
3) Emmanuel Jal told his friends that he was initially called βJames Jalβ. However, upon adoption, his adopted Kawaja mother, EMMA McCune (Dr. Riek Macharβs late wife), switched his name from James to Emmanuel in order to match the first syllable of her name βEMMAβ.
4) Emmanuel Jal also told his friends that Emma McCune is the one who converted him to Nuer and told him repeatedly that he was a Nuer of Mayom, now Unity State.
5) Emmanuel Jal said that despite being indoctrinated to hate the Dinka, his heart however never harbored animosity towards the Dinka people and that every time he attempted to do so he only winded up loving the Dinka instead. In fact, the only women he has ever truly loved are the Dinka women, not Nuer.
6) Emmanuel has fathered a number of children with multiple Dinka women. Itβs like he is attempting to return in to Dinka womb where he was bore. He told his friends that he only feels at peace in the arms of Dinka women, which makes one wonders why so? Could it be the Dinka soul in him wanting to go home?
7) Emmanuel Jal also said that he has a sketchy childhood memory of having a little sister called Akol (Adut) solidifying the allegations of the woman recently seen in the viral video.
8) Emmanuel Jal said that he couldnβt tell for sure whether he is Dinka or Nuer, emphasizing that no one can ever figure out their true identity on their own. Somebody has to tell you the truth about who or what you are, adding that our identify is only conveyed to us by our family after birth. They are the ones who give us our names and tell us who we are and where we belong.
9) Emmanuel Jal said that even though he identifies as a Nuer, he is still having hard time understanding Nuer peopleβs behaviors. βI have just accepted them for who theyβreβ, he said.
10) Emmanuel Jal also said that despite identifying as a Nuer for most of his life, he still dreams in Dinka language when he sleeps and he strategizes all his business plans in Dinka, the language he actually uses to think with. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, itβs a duck!
(Source: Kakuma War Child's Foundation 1992)
