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Human Rights Activist and Former Child Soldier Ishmael Beah to Speak at NAFSA 2015 International Education Conference in Boston

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Human rights activist, bestselling author, and former child soldier from Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah will speak at NAFSA: Association of International Educators' 2015 Annual Conference & Expo in Boston. Beah appears at NAFSA following the release of his second book. His work reminds us of the importance of raising awareness of children's rights at a time when war continues to define the realities of many young people in parts of Africa. After losing his parents and brothers during the brutal outbreak of civil war in Sierra Leone in 1991, Beah was forcibly recruited...

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