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Ishmael Beah
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human rights activist
Ishmael Beah (born on November 23, 1980) is a former Sierra Leonean child soldier and the author of the published memoir, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
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Born
November 23, 1980
Sierra Leone
Education
United Nations International School
2004
Oberlin College
, Political Science
Career
soldier
,
Sierra Leonean government army
1996
United Nation
New York, America
Awards
Quill Award,
the U.S.A.
A Long Way Gone was nominated for a Quill Award in the Best Debut Author category for 2007
A Long Way Gone was nominated for a Quill Award in the Best Debut Author category for 2007
Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007,
the U.S.A.
Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #3
Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #3