WRITER

Ishmael Beah

1980 - Today

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Ishmael Beah (born 23 November 1980) is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, A Long Way Gone. His novel Radiance of Tomorrow was published in January 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ishmael Beah has received more than 474,146 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ishmael Beah is the 7,237th most popular writer (down from 6,432nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Sierra Leone (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sierra Leonean Writer.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ishmael Beah ranks 7,237 out of 7,302. Before him are Claudia Rankine, Caitlin Moran, Megan Abbott, Abi Morgan, Femke Dekker, and Anna Bagriana. After him are Rebekah Brooks, Henriett Seth F., Coral Herrera, Carlos Blanco, Lauren Oliver, and Celeste Ng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ishmael Beah ranks 1,086. Before him are Neha Dhupia, Deili Custodio da Silva, Rahman Ahmadi, Denny Hamlin, Nathan Phillips, and Aubrey Dollar. After him are Dylan Bruce, André Silva, Richmond Forson, Weldon, Anthony Gardner, and Xue Haifeng.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah ranks 19 out of 22. Before him are Eunice Barber (1974), Zainab Bangura (1959), FannyAnn Eddy (1974), Rodney Strasser (1990), Fatima Massaquoi (1912), and Nathaniel Chalobah (1994). After him are Kei Kamara (1984), Umaru Bangura (1987), Mustapha Bundu (1997), Solomon Bockarie (1987), and Joshua Wyse (2001).

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Among WRITERS In Sierra Leone

Among writers born in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah ranks 2. Before him are Fatima Massaquoi (1912).

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