UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah has concluded a visit to his native Sierra Leone on the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ishmael, a former ...

Ishmael Beah defends his memoir and goes home to Sierra Leone. Aug. 5, 2008 — -- Ishmael Beah wears the scars of Sierra Leone's civil war as his own. In what was once the poorest country on earth ...

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week to meet with children and families affected by the conflict that has devastated the country for the past 19 months. During his ...

Former child soldier's story under fire over his account of war. Jan. 25, 2008 — -- The book, gripping in its tale of a drug-addicted child soldier who lost his family in war-torn Sierra Leone, ...

Growing up in a fishing village in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah passed the time dancing to Run DMC, LL Cool J, and Heavy D and the Boyz, memorizing the lyrics to compete in local talent shows. That all ...

The African writer Ishmael Beah, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir "A Long Way Gone," offers a novel of young people struggling to survive on the outskirts of society. Kpindi brushed ...

A novel that explores what happens after an African civil war Beah%27s memoir%2C %27A Long Way Gone%2C%27 has sold 1.5 million copies NEW YORK – At 33, Ishmael Beah ...

Who doesn't feel humbled by the hopefulness of those who have suffered most? The unbowed spirit of Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel or young Malala Yousafzai rebukes our lazy cynicism and reminds us that ...

Ishmael Beah is on a tour of college campuses, talking about his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone and the value of education. Beah's memoir "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier has sold ...

I can’t recall my college convocation speaker, but chances are, UVM’s Class of 2011 will theirs. At 26, Ishmael Beah was like a friendly older brother rather than the typical aging dignitary, and the ...

As promised in today's Post-Standard, here's more from my recent interview with Ishmael Beah, former child soldier and author of the best-selling memoir, A Long Way Gone, who speaks Tuesday in ...