Slave

English language

Published Feb. 25, 2005 by Charnwood.

ISBN:
978-1-84395-836-9
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OCLC Number:
58828742

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5 stars (1 review)

This book is the true story of Mende Nazer, of her lost childhood and her fight for survival. As a young Sudanese girl, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery and only managed to escape to freedom in September 2000. Mende Grew up in the remote Nuba mountains of Sudan.

8 editions

A shocking autobiography

5 stars

Slave by Mende Nazer with Damian Lewis, read by Adjoa Andoh, tells of her childhood in Sudan, a mostly idyllic life until, aged twelve, she was torn from her family in the middle of the night by Arab raiders who kidnapped many children to sell them into slavery. Mende was sent to a wealthy household in Khartoum where she was subject to cruelty, psychological abuse and regular beatings. This is a recent story which makes it all the more shocking. Mende was twelve in 1993 but managed to retain enough hope and courage to make her dramatic escape to a semblance of freedom in London seven years later.

Subjects

  • Women slaves
  • Biography
  • Slaves
  • Large type books

Places

  • Sudan
  • Great Britain