ISHMAEL Beah’s 2007 memoirs, A Long Way Gone, was a brave, brutal, haunting and horrific glimpse into the life of child soldiers in Sierra Leone.

Prior to the decade-long civil war that began in 1992, Beah’s life was simple: he hung out with his older brother and friends, trying to rap and dance to hip hop music.

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