Mende Nazer
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Slave: A True Account of Modern Slavery
Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis
A shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before making a courageous escape to freedom.
Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horrific night in 1993, when Arab raiders swept through her Nuba village, murdering the adults and rounding up thirty-one children, including Mende. .
Mende was sold to a wealthy Arab family who lived in Sudan’s capital city, Khartoum. So began her dark years of…
