Ishmael Beah quotes and aphorisms about sierra Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah ,, I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral... Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah ,, I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a wa... Ishmael Beah ,, I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. ...