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Bookmark or Share- Ishmael Beah - WikipediaIshmael Beah (born 23 November 1980) [1] is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, A Long Way Gone. [2] His novel Radiance of Tomorrow was published in January 2014. [3] His most recent novel Little Family was published in April 2020. [4]
- Home - Ishmael BeahIshmael Beah, born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and Radiance of Tomorrow, A Novel.
- A Long Way Gone - WikipediaIshmael Beah: At the beginning of the book, Ishmael is a young boy whose parents are separated and loves performing rap with his elder brother and friends. After armed forces attack his home village, he, his brother, and friends are left orphans and wander around seeking shelter.
- Ishmael Beah - UNICEFIshmael Beah, bestselling author and human rights spokesperson, was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2007, pledging to give a voice to children whose lives have been scarred by violence. In 1991, the outbreak of a brutal civil war in Sierra Leone upended the lives of millions.
- A Former Child Soldier Imagines 'Tomorrow' In Sierra LeoneIshmael Beah was 12 when he was orphaned by Sierra Leone's civil war and recruited as a child soldier. He described the ordeal in his 2007 memoir, A Long Way Gone.
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