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Ishmael Beah
Birth date: November 23, 1980
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Cu's Reviews rated it 10 years ago
I remember being young when I first heard about the war in Sierra Leone.. it wasn't long after we had finished discussing the start of the Gulf War "Current Events" class. (long before the war actually started in '98). These wars always perplex me, because it's never truly known why they happen. The...
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amrhosny54943 rated it 10 years ago
قصة مؤلمة جدا...لم اقرأ عن السيراليون قبل ذلك...اتفرجت علي فيلم Blood diamondوشوفت ازاي المتمردين بيجندوا الاطفال ويتم تحويل طفل برئ يخاف كل شئ الي قاتل محترفوايضا فيلم Lord of warالذي اوضح ان تجارة السلاح تساهم او السبب الرئيسي وراء تلك المذابح التي تتم في افريقيا..فذلك الكتاب يحكيقصة حياة اشمائيل ...
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Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
afr-sierra-leone, autobiography-memoir, nonfiction, summer-2012, tbr-busting-2012, fraudio, war, african-continent, published-2007 Read from August 01 to 03, 2012 Not knowing a thing about this country I went searching...From wiki: In 1462, in what is now Sierra Leone was visited by the Portugues...
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Vijai's Book Reviews rated it 12 years ago
My colleague happened to be cleaning his cupboard when he found this book he bought when traveling abroad to keep away boredom. Not an avid reader, he couldn't get through the first few pages and gave it to me, in the hope that I would try and make something off it. I must admit, I was in an almost ...
ibrahemz
ibrahemz rated it 12 years ago
هذا الكتاب/المذكرات .. يستحيل في ظني ألا تتعاطف معه .. هنا شهادة صادقة وموحية وأليمة لأحداثٍ عاشها كاتبها يومًا بيوم، واستطاع ببراعة فائقة أن يصفها ويعرضها بتفاصيلها القاسية المؤلمة، ويبدو لي أن الكاتب تمرَّن كثيرًا على الكتابة، أو هو ـ على الأقل ـ موهوبٌ بالفكرة، لأنه استطاع أن يعرض لحياته مع كل ه...
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