A Long Way Gone

  • Leaves for talent show

    Going to there friends talent show Ishmeal has a dream of becoming a rapper
  • Ishmeal's village gets attacked

    His home village is attacked while he is away at a community center
  • First Incounter with RUF

    One of the villages he is in is attacked and him and his friend are captured but run away
  • Seperated from friends and family

    He is seperated from a friend and his brother
  • Finds his family

    He finds his family but, when he does he finds out that the village is on fire and they are both dead
  • Government Camp

    He finds a government camp and joins the army becoming a luetintent
  • First Ambush

    Ishmeal is in his first ambush and kills his first person
  • UNICEF

    The leader gives some of their army to the UNICEF which included Ishmeal
  • Ishmeal's uncle

    He discovers his uncle and they come over to america to speak to the United Nations about child soilders in Sierra Leone
  • New President for Sierra Leone

    A new president is elected in Sierra Leone and his name is Johnny Paul Koroma. At this time Ishmeals uncle dies and graduates from school