Interview with former Child Soldier Ishmael Beah

Ishmael baya a former child soldier from

Ishmael baya a former child soldier from Sierra Leone has said no one is born

Sierra Leone has said no one is born

Sierra Leone has said no one is born violent no child in Africa Latin America

violent no child in Africa Latin America

violent no child in Africa Latin America or Asia wants to be part of war these

or Asia wants to be part of war these

or Asia wants to be part of war these are situations children are forced into

are situations children are forced into

are situations children are forced into hi I’m Christine on watchmojo.com we’re

hi I’m Christine on watchmojo.com we’re

hi I’m Christine on watchmojo.com we’re going to be talking to Ishmael Beah the

going to be talking to Ishmael Beah the

going to be talking to Ishmael Beah the author of a number one New York Times

author of a number one New York Times

author of a number one New York Times bestseller entitled a long way gone

bestseller entitled a long way gone

bestseller entitled a long way gone memoirs of a child soldier basically

memoirs of a child soldier basically

memoirs of a child soldier basically general experience of being a child

general experience of being a child

general experience of being a child soldiers that you lose everything that’s

soldiers that you lose everything that’s

soldiers that you lose everything that’s dear to you within family community and

dear to you within family community and

dear to you within family community and your cultural values norms and the

your cultural values norms and the

your cultural values norms and the normalcy that you have known as a child

normalcy that you have known as a child

normalcy that you have known as a child so your life becomes fearing for your

so your life becomes fearing for your

so your life becomes fearing for your life constantly and it just becomes

life constantly and it just becomes

life constantly and it just becomes about trying to stay alive and in the

about trying to stay alive and in the

about trying to stay alive and in the context of a war that requires fighting

context of a war that requires fighting

context of a war that requires fighting and taking other people’s lives you were

and taking other people’s lives you were

and taking other people’s lives you were rescued after two years by UNICEF what

rescued after two years by UNICEF what

rescued after two years by UNICEF what was some of the process of

was some of the process of

was some of the process of rehabilitating you so that you could be

rehabilitating you so that you could be

rehabilitating you so that you could be integrated back into society well first

integrated back into society well first

integrated back into society well first of all there’s a lot of psychosocial

of all there’s a lot of psychosocial

of all there’s a lot of psychosocial therapy and there’s also a lot of the

therapy and there’s also a lot of the

therapy and there’s also a lot of the draw from the drugs and a lot of undoing

draw from the drugs and a lot of undoing

draw from the drugs and a lot of undoing of some of the the way I’ve been

of some of the the way I’ve been

of some of the the way I’ve been conditioned to behave living without

conditioned to behave living without

conditioned to behave living without violence

violence

violence trusting in other people learning even

trusting in other people learning even

trusting in other people learning even how to sleep so I was in the center for

how to sleep so I was in the center for

how to sleep so I was in the center for eight months that allowed me to go

eight months that allowed me to go

eight months that allowed me to go through that motion through sports into

through that motion through sports into

through that motion through sports into other things but then after that as the

other things but then after that as the

other things but then after that as the people that came into my life having a

people that came into my life having a

people that came into my life having a family being able to go to school that’s

family being able to go to school that’s

family being able to go to school that’s a holistic aspect to find that there’s

a holistic aspect to find that there’s

a holistic aspect to find that there’s something more that I can do with my

something more that I can do with my

something more that I can do with my life is supposed to what I’ve come to

life is supposed to what I’ve come to

life is supposed to what I’ve come to know why did you feel you needed to

know why did you feel you needed to

know why did you feel you needed to share this story with a mass audience

share this story with a mass audience

share this story with a mass audience there needed to be a human face put to

there needed to be a human face put to

there needed to be a human face put to this experience so that people who are

this experience so that people who are

this experience so that people who are now closer we do not think that is so

now closer we do not think that is so

now closer we do not think that is so far enough that it happened so different

far enough that it happened so different

far enough that it happened so different kind of human beings it happens to

kind of human beings it happens to

kind of human beings it happens to people whose humanity are the same as

people whose humanity are the same as

people whose humanity are the same as everyone anywhere and all of us with the

everyone anywhere and all of us with the

everyone anywhere and all of us with the circumstances we can lose ourselves so I

circumstances we can lose ourselves so I

circumstances we can lose ourselves so I wanted people to see that how this

wanted people to see that how this

wanted people to see that how this violence comes into people’s life how it

violence comes into people’s life how it

violence comes into people’s life how it disrupted but also more importantly the

disrupted but also more importantly the

disrupted but also more importantly the possibility of recovering from it that

possibility of recovering from it that

possibility of recovering from it that is often not spoken about that children

is often not spoken about that children

is often not spoken about that children as myself as I was who are dragged into

as myself as I was who are dragged into

as myself as I was who are dragged into this war not a lost generation they can

this war not a lost generation they can

this war not a lost generation they can heal they can recover with the right

heal they can recover with the right

heal they can recover with the right hand support now I was very lucky not

hand support now I was very lucky not

hand support now I was very lucky not only to survive it but also have an

only to survive it but also have an

only to survive it but also have an education so it became a responsibility

education so it became a responsibility

education so it became a responsibility for me to be able to write about this so

for me to be able to write about this so

for me to be able to write about this so people can know that it’s not the end

people can know that it’s not the end

people can know that it’s not the end when it happens to people