What does his personal story teach us about the history and future of Sierra Leone?

In the memoir, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah takes the reader through a journey about the aftermath of decolonization in his country.

What does his personal story teach us about the history and future of Sierra Leone?

Compose a two-paragraph essay in which you discuss the two most important lessons, you believe readers should take away from this book. One lesson must be about Sierra Leone’s past and one must be about its future.