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[TV] Tune in tonight to hear Ishmael Beah

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ABC's 20/20 will present an hour-long broadcast in which Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, will discuss his experience as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. UNICEF played a key role in the Beah's rehabilitation, lifting him from the front lines and reintegrating him into civilian life in Sierra Leone as a teenager.

Portions of the broadcast are featured online at http://abcnews.go.com/2020. Click on the link for "Hell on Earth" in the In Touch video player on the right side of the screen for a preview of Ishmael's segment.

20/20 airs at 9:00 pm EST on ABC. Please check your local listings for accurate air times.

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Posted by Alisa Aydin, UNICEF USA on July 13, 2007 8:19 AM |

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Comments (2)

Drew Sherman:

Thank you so much for showing this because my group and I are doing a project on child soldiers and I haven't read the book yet, but I will read it soon and I just wante dto say thanks for speaking out and influencing not only me, but other people to act on this issue of Child Soldiers.

Posted by Drew Sherman | September 26, 2007 2:28 PM

Posted on September 26, 2007 14:28

caroline shanahan:

I have read ishmeal beah's book A long way gone - his amazing, harrowing and inspiring book - it opens your eye's, mind, and heart to the plight of child soldiers

Posted by caroline shanahan | May 20, 2008 7:17 PM

Posted on May 20, 2008 19:17

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