Child Soldier to Novelist: Ishmael Beah
2,296 views · Published 11 January 2014 · 9:19 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: SaharaTV · 2014 · News & Politics
At 13 years of age, Ishmael Beah was drafted into the army as a child soldier, during a civil war which left thousands of people, maimed, displaced, traumatized and dead. After three years Ishmael ended up in a rehab, where he spent 8 months in recovery from the effects of this war. He wrote his memoirs, A Long Way Gone in which he chronicled his memories of the war. He has now released his first novel, Radiance of Tomorrow.
