Ishmael Beah had wrong “A long way gone”. He was born November 23, 1980. He was born I Mogbwemo, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone. Beah is an author as well as a human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, “A long way gone” He is 37 and still alive. When Beah was thirteen he was forced to leave and go off to be a child soldier. There’s not much about his earl school life but he did Graduate from Oberlin College with his bachelor’s degree in political science. When he moved to the United States he joined the Human Rights Watch. Beah said that he believed that returning to the civilized society was more difficult than the act of becoming a child solider. He was living in a Freetown with his Uncle.. Beah face getting back to