As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night, observed how the sky was different, and how the birds chanted different songs in the evening and the morning.
Ishmael BeahI was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.
Ishmael BeahWhen I was young, my father used to say, โIf you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.โ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didnโt know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive.
Ishmael Beah