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Harrowing journey from captivity to liberation.
If you're looking for a story that captures the resilience of the human spirit, "Slave" is a profound read. Mende Nazer's first-person account vividly brings to light the grim realities of modern slavery and her inspiring struggle for freedom. It's a gripping narrative that's sure to move and empower you.
- ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781844081165
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 2007-12-06
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.27
(rated by 9919 readers)
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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, Mende eventually managed to escape to freedom. Slave is a shocking first-person insight into...
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Harrowing journey from captivity to liberation.
If you're looking for a story that captures the resilience of the human spirit, "Slave" is a profound read. Mende Nazer's first-person account vividly brings to light the grim realities of modern slavery and her inspiring struggle for freedom. It's a gripping narrative that's sure to move and empower you.
- ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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