Name: Big Think Interview With Ishmael Beah
Uploaded: 2009-11-17T19:15:00-05:00
Duration: 8 min 18 s

Who's in the Video

Ishmael Beah is the author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," about his experience growing up in Sierra Leone.

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