Interview With South Sudanese Musician Sultan Clintone

MANY SOUTH SUDANESE HAVE NEVER HAD TIME TO NATURE THEIR TALENTS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF INSTABILITY IN THEIR COUNTRY. BUT GODFREY PAUL, POPARLY KNOWN AS SULTAN CLINTONE IS LUCKY TO BE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE CAME HERE AT A YOUNGER AGE AND DEDICATED HIS TIME TO MUSIC. HIS PARENTS DIED WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND WAS RAISED BY LINO OKELLO AND ROSE OYURO WHOM HE CONSIDERS AS HIS PARENTS AS WELL. CLINTONE ATTRIBUTES HIS SUCCESS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO LINO OKELLO A GUITARIST WHO MOTIVATED HIM TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF BECOMING AN AFRICAN MUSICIAN. CLINTONE SAYS HE GOT HIS CALL FOR MUSIC DURING A LIVE CONCERT BY CONGOLESE MUSIC STAR KOFFI OLOMIDE. FROM THEN, CLINTONE STARTED INCORPORATING CONGOLESE STYLE OF MUSIC TO HIS WORK. TODAY SULTAN CLINTON SHARES WITH ME HOW HIS MUSIC JOURNEY STARTED AT THE AGE OF FOUR.