Former child soldier Ishmael Beah recounts his past.Full

Allan Gregg in conversation with...Ishmael Beah, Born in Sierra Leone, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story: At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal. His book is called "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier"

Channel: iTunes Video Length: 26m 46s Date Found: Mon, Nov 29 2010 9:52 AM Category: History Date Produced: Fri, Nov 19 2010 6:00 AM View Count: 0