Slave: My True Story, by Mende Nazer (HC, 2003, $3)
Mende Nazer had a happy childhood in Nubia. Then Arab raiders attacked her town, killed the adults, and took her and the other children to Sudan. "Her Arab owners called her 'yebit,' or 'black slave.' She was subjected to appalling physical, sexual and mental abuse. She slept in a shed and ate the family leftovers like a dog." She was12.
Seven years later she was sold to another "master", a high ranking diplomat in London. How she managed to escape and eventually be granted political asylum in Britain is a story not to be forgotten. Even less to be forgotten is that she is one lucky one among the thousands who who were not.
Look for this book on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/31.
