Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Mattru Jong (en) , 23 Nuwamba, 1980 (45 shekaru)
ƙasa	Saliyo
Karatu
Makaranta	Oberlin College (en) United Nations International School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	marubuci da Soja
Wurin aiki	New York
Muhimman ayyuka	A Long Way Gone (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Great Immigrants Award  (2007)
Imani
Addini	Musulunci
ishmaelbeah.com

Ismael Beah (an haife shi 23 Nuwamban shekara ta 1980) marubuci ɗan Saliyo ne kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam wanda kuma ya shahara tare da shahararriyar tarihinsa, A Long Way Gone . An buga littafinsa mai suna Radiance of Tomorrow a cikin Janairun shekarar 2014. Littafinsa na baya-bayan nan Ƙananan Iyali an buga shi a cikin Afrilun shekarar 2020.

Tarihin Rayuwa

A shekarar 1991 ne aka fara yakin basasar Saliyo . 'Yan tawaye sun mamaye garin Beah, Mogbwemo, da ke lardin Kudancin Saliyo, kuma aka tilasta masa ya gudu. Ya rabu da danginsa, ya shafe watanni yana yawo kudu tare da gungun wasu samari. Yana da shekaru 13, an tilasta masa zama sojan yara . A cewar asusun Beah, ya yi gwagwarmaya kusan shekaru uku kafin UNICEF ta cece shi. Beah ya yi yaƙi da sojojin gwamnati da 'yan tawaye. A cikin shekarar 1997, ya gudu daga Freetown da taimakon UNICEF saboda ƙaruwar tashe-tashen hankula kuma ya sami hanyarsa zuwa birnin New York, inda ya zauna tare da Laura Simms, mahaifiyarsa reno. A cikin birnin New York, Beah ta halarci Makarantar Duniya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya . Bayan makarantar sakandare, ya shiga Kwalejin Oberlin kuma ya kammala karatunsa a 2004 tare da digiri a kimiyyar siyasa .

Beah ya ce bai tuna adadin mutanen da ya kashe a lokacin da yake sojan gwamnatin Saliyo ba . Shi da wasu sojoji sun sha tabar wiwi suna shakar amphetamines da " brown-brown " hade da hodar iblis da foda . Ya zargi masu shaye-shaye da wankin kwakwalwa da tashin hankalinsa kuma ya ba da misali da su da matsi na sojojin a matsayin dalilan da ya sa ya ƙasa tserewa da kansa: "Idan kun tafi, yana da kyau kamar ya mutu."

A lokacin bayyanar 14 Fabrairun shekarar 2007 a kan Daily Show tare da mai watsa shiri Jon Stewart, Beah ya ce ya yi imanin cewa komawa cikin al'umma mai wayewa ya fi wuya fiye da aikin zama soja na yara, yana mai cewa zubar da yara abu ne mai sauƙi. An ceto shi a cikin 1996 ta haɗin gwiwar UNICEF da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, ya sami sauye-sauyen da wahala. Shi da ’yan uwansa sojoji sun yi yaƙi akai-akai. Ya yaba wa wata mai ba da agaji, Nurse Esther, da haƙuri da juyayi da ake bukata don kawo shi cikin mawuyacin yanayi. Ta gane cewa yana sha'awar kiɗan rap na Amurka da reggae tun yana ƙarami, ta ba shi kaset na Walkman da Run DMC, kuma ya yi amfani da kiɗa a matsayin gadarsa ta baya, kafin tashin hankali. A hankali ya karɓi tabbacinta na cewa "ba laifinki bane."

Yana zaune a Freetown tare da kawunsa, ya tafi makaranta kuma an gayyace shi ya yi magana a shekarar 1996 a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a New York. A lokacin da dakarun hadin gwiwa na 'yan tawaye (RUF ko Revolutionary United Front) da Army of Saliyo suka mamaye birnin Freetown a shekarar 1997 (Sojojin Saliyo na yaki da RUF tun asali), sai ya tuntubi Laura Simms, wadda ya taba haduwa da ita a shekarar da ta gabata a New York, sannan ya yi hanyarsa ta zuwa Amurka.

"Idan na zabi in ji laifin abin da na yi, zan so in mutu da kaina," in ji Beah. "Ina rayuwa da sanin cewa an ba ni rayuwa ta biyu, kuma kawai ina ƙoƙarin yin nishaɗi, kuma in yi farin ciki da yin rayuwa mafi kyau."

A shekara ta 2009, matashin mai shekaru 29 ya tafi gida zuwa Saliyo tare da kyamarar ABC News, komawar da ya bayyana a matsayin mai daci. Daga baya a cikin Fabrairu 2013, ya yi tafiya zuwa Calgary kuma ya yi magana a taron Duniya na.

A cikin 2013, Beah ta auri ɗan ƙasar Faransa haifaffen Kongo ɗan ƙasar Iran Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda. Suna da 'ya'ya uku kuma suna zaune a duniya.

Kyaututtuka, ƙwarewa da ayyuka

An zaɓi Dogon Hanya don Kyautar Kyau a cikin Mafi kyawun Mawallafi na Farko na 2007. Lev Grossman na Mujallar Time ya sanya mata suna daya daga cikin Manyan Littattafai na 10 da ba na tatsuniyoyi na 2007, inda ya ba shi matsayi na 3, kuma ya yaba da shi a matsayin "kaifi mai raɗaɗi", da kuma ikonsa na ɗaukar "masu karatu a bayan matattun idanun yaron-soja ta hanyar da babu wani marubuci." Hakanan an haɗa littafin a cikin littattafan Amazon 100 don karantawa cikin jerin rayuwa.

Tare da littafinsa, Radiance of Tomorrow, Beah yayi nazarin rayuwar al'umma ciki har da Benjamin da Bockarie, abokai biyu da suka koma garin Bockarie, Imperi, bayan yakin basasa. Kauyen ya ruguje, kasa ta lullube da kashi. An ce Radiance na Gobe za a rubuta shi tare da gaggawar ɗabi'a na misali da kuma sanin ainihin asusu. Ya sami tabbataccen bita a cikin New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, da kuma Boston Globe .

A ranar 24 ga Janairun shekara 2020, Beah ya yi magana, tare da Romeo Dallaire da Omar Khadr, a wani taro a Jami'ar Dalhousie, kan 'yancin ɗan adam da sojan yara.

A cikin Afrilun shekarar 2020, Beah ya buga littafinsa na uku, Ƙananan Iyali. Wani "labari mai matukar tasiri", Ƙananan Iyali ya ba da labarin wasu matasa biyar da ke zaune a gefen al'umma kuma suna gwagwarmaya don maye gurbin gidajen da suka rasa da wanda suka yi tare.

Rigima

Rahoton a cikin The Ostiraliya, wata jarida mai ra'ayin mazan jiya ta Australiya da wani reshe na Murdoch-mallakar News Corp ya buga, ya yi tambaya game da daidaiton wasu abubuwan da suka faru da kuma tarihin tarihin a Long Way Gone, musamman ma da'awar cewa Beah ya zama yaro soja a 1993, maimakon a 1995. Beah ya kare asusunsa. Shugaban Mattru Jong, ƙauyen da Beah ke zaune, ya tabbatar da [wa Mattru Jong hari. Sai dai kuma shugaban ya bayyana cewa ba a kai wa Mattru Jong hari a shekarar 1993 ba. Sauran ƴan ƙasar da kuma shugaban makarantar Beah sun ce an kai wa kauyen hari ne a shekarar 1995, ba 1993 ba kamar yadda Beah ta yi ikirari.

Manazarta

• Bah, Isma'il (2000). "Lokacin da mai kyau ya zo daga mummuna" . Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Nukiliya.