"I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy……" — Ishmael Beah
"I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards."
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33 Quotes by Ishmael Beah
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