48+ Ishmael Beah Sierra Leone Child Soldiers Pics. The child soldier, of sierra leone, who witnessed and committed war atrocities talks about his new book. Confused and afraid, beah the un workers brought beah and other child soldiers to a rehabilitation center in freetown.

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Pumped up with drugs, and he was forced to kill or be killed. Ishmael beah wrote a book about his years as a child soldier in sierra leone. As the war escalated, rebels and government soldiers accused each other of vicious brutality against civilians.

After carrying out investigations in sierra leone, the australian newspaper alleges that beah was 15 and not 13 when he was recruited into the army and that he therefore served only a few months as a child soldier and not two years as he has claimed in the book.

Ishmael beah, a former child soldier in sierra leone, said: Ishmael beah.credit.andres serrano for the new york times. One of my greatest fears in sierra. Unicef goodwill ambassador (for children affected by war).