Ex-child soldier speaks
Former child soldier Ishmael Beah, the author of “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” spoke at Yale Law School Tuesday about his experiences during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990s.
Beah discussed the traumatic experience of becoming a child soldier and how such soldiers can, out of necessity, grow accustomed to settings of war. As a result, Beah said, rehabilitation programs are needed to help former soldiers ease back into civilian life. He also called for greater attention to the issue.
Africa is currently home to approximately 100,000 child soldiers, more...
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