Comments on: Ishmael Beah’s ‘A Long Way Gone’ Is ‘A Long Way From Truth,’ Sierra Leonean Magazine Says in a Report That Raises ‘Serious Doubts’ About Its Story http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/ishmael-beah%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-long-way-gone%e2%80%99-is-%e2%80%98a-long-way-from-the-truth-sierra-leonean-magazine-says-in-a-report-that-raises-%e2%80%98serious-doubts%e2%80%99-about-its-story/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Sun, 26 May 2013 02:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: RoR: A Long Way Gone | Tres Hermanas Reading Lounge http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/ishmael-beah%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-long-way-gone%e2%80%99-is-%e2%80%98a-long-way-from-the-truth-sierra-leonean-magazine-says-in-a-report-that-raises-%e2%80%98serious-doubts%e2%80%99-about-its-story/#comment-9063 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:42:20 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13383#comment-9063 [...] One Minute Book Reviews: Outlines some of the controversial points in Beah’s memoir, and provides a lot of related links that discuss doubts  about the accuracy of  his account. [...]

]]> By: Authentic or Money Hungry? « bparsons01 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/ishmael-beah%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-long-way-gone%e2%80%99-is-%e2%80%98a-long-way-from-the-truth-sierra-leonean-magazine-says-in-a-report-that-raises-%e2%80%98serious-doubts%e2%80%99-about-its-story/#comment-8610 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:57:30 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13383#comment-8610 [...] Expired Australian articles [...]

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/ishmael-beah%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-long-way-gone%e2%80%99-is-%e2%80%98a-long-way-from-the-truth-sierra-leonean-magazine-says-in-a-report-that-raises-%e2%80%98serious-doubts%e2%80%99-about-its-story/#comment-8589 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:05:41 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13383#comment-8589 Kate: I agree with you on the climate of fear in Sierra Leone and the need to question carefully whether sources are reliable. But if you and I are right, Beah himself should be questioned much more aggressively than he has been by American journalists. It’s a two-way street. And I appreciate the risks that Wurie and others took in raising questions that U.S. journalists seem too timid to ask. Thanks for your comment. Jan

]]> By: Kate Williams-Barnes http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/ishmael-beah%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-long-way-gone%e2%80%99-is-%e2%80%98a-long-way-from-the-truth-sierra-leonean-magazine-says-in-a-report-that-raises-%e2%80%98serious-doubts%e2%80%99-about-its-story/#comment-8587 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:28:23 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=13383#comment-8587 Muctaru “Wurie based his report on an analysis of the book on interviews with experts on the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s, including representatives of the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission…”, as well as newspaper articles, government officials, interviews with other journalists, and library research.

And these are reliable sources of information? In a country ruled by terror, brutality, gangs and warlords, all of whom deny that they are the “bad guys,” and say that it’s the other factions that are committing the atrocities, I wouldn’t count on any of them to be reliable sources – for fear that they will be the next victims!

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