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. In 2004 he graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in political science.
He is a member of the Human Rights Watch Childrens Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, 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 the war. His work has appeared in VespertinePress and LIT magazine. He lives in New York City.
He is a member of the Human Rights Watch Childrens Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, 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 the war. His work has appeared in VespertinePress and LIT magazine. He lives in New York City.
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Books containing stories by Ishmael Beah
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Freedom (2011)
Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
edited by
Amnesty International
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Dedicated to the People of Darfur (2009)
Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
edited by
Jennifer Reynolds and Luke Reynolds
Ishmael Beah recommends
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The Road to the Country (2024)
Chigozie Obioma
"This powerfully evocative and intimate book is unarguably Obioma's finest. Through subtle, piercing, and gripping language, he renders those seemingly simple but unforgettable moments when our lives intertwine with history, anchoring you to the pages until the end . . . This is among the best books I'e read in a while and is certainly destined to be a classic."
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