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Ishmael Beah

1980 - Today

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Ishmael Beah (born 23 November 1980) is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, A Long Way Gone. His novel Radiance of Tomorrow was published in January 2014. His most recent novel Little Family was published in April 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ishmael Beah is the 7,438th most popular writer (down from 7,243rd in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Sierra Leone (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sierra Leonean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ishmael Beah ranks 7,438 out of 7,302Before him are Simon Armitage, Maxence Caron, Brian K. Vaughan, Chékéba Hachemi, Xiaolu Guo, and Erin Morgenstern. After him are Aleksandra Skochilenko, Michelle Malkin, Suheir Hammad, Maud Angelica Behn, Gabriele Tinti, and Immaculée Ilibagiza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ishmael Beah ranks 1,344Before him are Juan José Oroz, Gennaro Bracigliano, Klaus Kröll, Hiroshi Otsuki, Dmitri Kalinin, and Richmond Forson. After him are Zayed Khan, Takuma Tsuda, Nathan Phillips, Michael Vick, Clarissa Ward, and Lukáš Melich.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah ranks 20 out of 22Before him are FannyAnn Eddy (1974), Zainab Bangura (1959), Nathaniel Chalobah (1994), Roda Antar (1980), Eunice Barber (1974), and Rodney Strasser (1990). After him are Umaru Bangura (1987), Kei Kamara (1984), Michaela DePrince (1995), Gibril Sankoh (1983), Alhaji Kamara (1994), and Mohamed Bangura (1989).

Among WRITERS In Sierra Leone

Among writers born in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah ranks 2Before him are Fatima Massaquoi (1912).