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A Long Way Gone
This episode explores the brutal mechanisms that transform children into soldiers, and the profound, arduous journey of reclaiming one's humanity after unimaginable trauma.
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“This episode explores the brutal mechanisms that transform children into soldiers, and the profound, arduous journey of reclaiming one's humanity after unimaginable trauma.”
— Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone
Child soldiers, war trauma, resilience, identity
If you've ever considered the true cost of conflict on a human soul, or the quiet strength required to reclaim a lost self, this will resonate, and this will help you see what to do next.
Ishmael Beah writes from the searing, firsthand experience of being a child soldier in Sierra Leone, offering an, intimate account of survival and the long, difficult road to healing.