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In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which b
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There's so much focus and interest about what happens during war, but very little about what happenIshmael Beah:
We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even iIshmael Beah:
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my lifIshmael Beah:
I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oralIshmael Beah:
The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we hIshmael Beah:
My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle tIshmael Beah:
After I wrote my memoir, 'A Long Way Gone,' I was a bit exhausted. I didn't want to write another mIshmael Beah:
I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a waIshmael Beah:
The thing that really gets to me is that countries are in the news only when things get out of handIshmael Beah:
I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans.