Answer: to share his experience as a child soldier.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is an autobiographical book by Ishmael Beah. In it, Beah tells the story of his years as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. After his experience, Beah was rescued by UNICEF and placed in a rehabilitation program at the age of sixteen. He was eventually able to move to the United States. Beah tries, both through his book and as a speaker, to share his experience as a child soldier and draw international attention to this very serious problem.
