Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. He moved to the United States in 1998 and finished his last two years of high school at the United Nations International School in New York and then graduated from Oberlin College in 2004. He is a member of Human Rights Watch Children's Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, and many other NGO panels on children affected by war. He has also spoken before the United Nations on several occasions. His work has appeared in VespertinePress and LIT magazine. He lives in New York City.
Ishmael Beah is interview by Cynthia McFadden on Nightline about his life and book.
Ishmael Beah talks about his book and experiences. Part One
Ishmael Beah talks about his book and experiences. Part Two
"Why I Wrote My Book"
The War in Sierra Leone
Realities of War
Discovering HipHop
Sharing My Experience
My Writing Process
Today’s Child Soldiers
Raising Awareness
To American Readers
Ishmael Beah talks about his book and experiences.
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