It is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. On September 15 Ishmael Beah is coming to Ball State to talk about his book, a long way gone, memoirs of a boy solider. Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980, and lived the life as a boy solider fighting everyday just to see the next. I am every upset that I have class 6-9 and will not be able to attend. I wish I could see Beah and watch as he tells us about he's experience, and the powerfully gripping story he was once a part of. I wish I could ask him so many questions like: What does war look like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop?
I know it's not the same as seeing him in person, but this link to YouTube gives a nice glimpse of what it was like to hear him read.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3OcYVQ9o3o