Slave

The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis

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English

Virago
01 January 2000

Autobiography: general; History; Slavery & abolition of slavery

Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at the age of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her village in the remote Nuba mountains of Sudan. They hacked down terrified villagers, raped the women and abducted the children. Mende was one of them. She was taken and sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum. She was stripped of her name and her freedom. For seven long years she was kept as a domestic slave, an 'abid', without any pay or a single day off. Her food was the leftover scraps and her bed was the floor of the locked-up garden shed. She endured this harsh and lonely existence without knowing whether her family was alive or dead, for seven long years. Passed on by her master, like a parcel, to a relative in London, Mende eventually managed to escape to freedom.

SLAVE is a shocking first-person insight into the modern day slave trade. It is also a fascinating memoir of an African childhood and a moving testimony to a young girl's indomitable spirit in the face of adversity.

By: Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781844081165
ISBN 10: 1844081168
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.damienlewis.com

Reviews for Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

a powerful memoir shocking and very moving her book is an eloquent testament to the ability of a brave soul to survive, and to the need to bring an end to slavery. - Susan McKay, Sunday Tribune All the cliches of such survival stories - life-affirming, heartwarming - are inadequate to describe the emotional impact of [Mende s] eventual deliverance. - Observer An eloquent testament to the ability of a brave soul to survive, and to the need to bring an end to slavery - Sunday Tribune A disturbing first-person insight into the 21st century slave trade - Express This remarkable woman...brilliantly blows the lid off the scandal of the thousands of forgotten people who are still being abducted and enslaved in Sudan. - Daily Mail