Question

What is the setting of Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone?

Answer 1

A. Sierra Leone during the Civil War. Would be my assumption since the story is a tragedy about a boys life during this war.

Answer 2

Answer: The setting of Ishmael Beah's memoir A Long Way Gone is Sierra Leone during the Civil War.

Explanation: A Long Way Gone is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah, a Sierra Leonean author who is also a human rights activist. Moreover, he became famous after publishing A Long Way Gone, a book in which he tells about his life when he was a child living in Sierra Leone during the Civil War, which extended from 1991 to 2002. In his memoir, he also tells the reader how he was forced to become a soldier at the age of 12. The book was written in English and it was published in 2007.