Ishmael Beah

About Ishmael Beah

This writer and activist is most known for his autobiographical work A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, as well as his novel Radiance of Tomorrow.

Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who is best known for his famous memoir, A Long Way Gone. His novel Radiance of Tomorrow was published in January 2014. Her latest novel, Little Family, was published in April 2020

Relatives	Junior Beah, Ibrahim Beah, (siblings), Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda (wife)
Notable works	A Long Way Gone, Little Family, Radiance of Tomorrow
Nationality	Sierra Leonean
Occupation	author, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Children Affected by War, human rights activist, former child soldier
Born	Ismael Beah, November 23, 1980, Mogbwemo, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone

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Trivia

He earned a political science degree from Oberlin College in Ohio.

Ishmael Beah before fame

During the early 1990s Sierra Leone Civil War, he was conscripted into the military at the age of 13. He was able to flee the horrific situation with the help of UNICEF and travel to New York City, where he graduated from the United Nations International School.

Achievement of Ishmael Beah

He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Ishmael Beah family life

He grew up in Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone's Bonthe District, and then moved to the United States with his foster mother, Laura Simms. In 2013, he married Priscillia Kounkou.

Associations of Ishmael Beah

He talked about his terrible experiences as a child soldier and his return to civilian life on a 2007 edition of Jon Stewart's Daily Show.

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