Slave: My True Story

A must read!

I read this book in 3 days once you start you just can't stop. Mende the writer did a wonderful job describing her couragous journey to freedom. The first couple chapters of the book do a great job of explaining Mende's life in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, you get to know her culture her beliefs and family values. After that her world completely changes as she is captured by arab raiders who take her to a large city in sudan where she is sold as a slave to a welthy arabian family. She explains the pain of of the beatings she endured as a slave so well you yourself feel her pain. That is why you cannot help but think of what you can do to help abolish slavery in this world.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Slave, my true story

I was required to read this book for my World History class, but I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed it. It is very enlightening, because most people do not believe that people are still slaves today. It is very detailed, and at times graphic, but it makes Mende Nazer's story even more tragic. I really enjoyed this book - it touched my heart and I couldn't put it down.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

"A Book That Will Shake You To The Core!!!!"

This book is necessary for all of us to read and made me realize how fortunate I am to have human freedom and rights. Mende Nazer was riped away from her parents and family at age 12, when her Nubian village was raided. She ended up being raped repeatedly and sold to a rich family in Khartoum, where she became their slave maid. As if Mende didn't suffer enough, she endured the worst seven years of beatings, verbal abuse, and a heartbreaking degrading life by her female master-a selfish, spoiled and black hearted wealthy housewife. But Mende proved that she had the will and strength of the human spirit to overcome her tormented life as a slave. When she was sent to work for a family member of her master in the United Kingdom, Mende made contact with a Sudanese friend in the UK, who helped her secretly plan her escape and successfully fled for freedom. Mende faced a whirlwind of obstacles when she filed for asylum in the UK and was denied because the government didn't view "slavery" as a reason to be granted asylum. With the help of a lawyer, human rights organizations campaigning on Mende's behalf, and a circus of media pressures, Mende was granted asylum in the United Kingdom. She now works to help others who are currently still held captive as slaves and to make the world aware that slavery hasn't ended in other parts of the world and that we need to fight together to abolish slavery for good. This book has made me aware how our American Society takes for granted our freedom.

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wow

One of the best, yet saddest, books I've read.

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a reviewer

This book is absoulutley outstanding. How Mende describes her life of losing and regaining her freedom. I did a report on this at my school andit really made me think hard about her struggle. Mende Nazer really has and will be an inspiration to people around the world.

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Highly reccomended

I read this book and I loved it. I liked it because I could see the story and almost feel what she went through. After I read this book I felt as if Mende Nazer had been a long time friend of mine. Mende's story was very sad. Mende was a very brave girl to go through what she went through.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Maybe good

I think this gotta be good maybe it about follow the drinking groud

Thought provoking book - a must to read

I belong to a book club, and we are currently reading this book...

The things that still go on in the world today, our shocking yet true.....This book will make you stop and think about life, and how would you want a family member, friend and even a co-worker to be treated...You surely would not want them to be enslaved....

Great Read

I really liked this book. I also passed it along to my 14 and 18 year old daughters who also enjoyed it. Gives you great insight as to what is happening in other countries and how thankful we should be to be free Americans. It's an easy read and a good story.

This book was AWESOME and very inspirational

I loved this book. Mende Nazer has been added to my hero's list. She really is an inspirational woman who has been through alot. I wish her all the best. This book has really helped me to become a better person by understanding that the world is not perfect and there is still alot of people suffering around the world. Mende Nazer had alot of patience and she never gave up hope which I thinked helped her to overcome her struggles against slavery.

It's A Must

I was meandering through the biography section looking for my next book. Then, my husband handed me this one, knowing before I ever read the cover we would be walking out of the store with it.
One of the things a really enjoyed about this book was the glimpse into the life and culture of Mende's family. In fact, it is these glimpses that carried her through the many years of slavery and unjust treatment. As I read about how Mende finally escaped her captors I wanted to scream out cheering. This book is worth the time and money required to read it.

'Yebit,' or 'black slave

The headline said it all ,Arabic is my mother language ,and yebit means oh girl and nothing to to with slave, we are realy sick of westren media trying to link Sudan with slavery , and by the way the wealty arab family can get and Slave from Khartoum because 1 million southerners living there, and in a simple fact any trade has a market so please give me the EXACT location of slave market in Khartoum. I live in Europe since 20 yars and the real slavery is here.

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Read It

To sit down and read this book is time well spent. The authors do a brilliant job of bringing everyone in this book to life. I feel that I know Mende. I used to think that those who lived without the modern conveniences we have were missing out, but after reading about her childhood and the simplicity and happiness of her life I almost envied her at times. They found happiness in each other and had fulfilling lives during her childhood. She did a beautiful job of sharing her experiences and I could picture what she was describing. The two authors clearly worked beautifully together. Her suffering after being raided and stolen broke my heart, I read the book in two days just to learn that she was freed. To think that such things still take place in this, the 'free world' is shocking. I highly recommend this book and will not forget Mende soon.

Emmotional and Informative

I could not put this book down and finished it within two days. I cried most of the time because of the emmotional and physical abuse the author experienced while being enslaved. Her story of slavery is in great contrast with the story of her happy childhood before being captured by Arab raiders. I think the story of her childhood is important to understanding the huge transition she underwent once she was forced to become a slave to a wealthy Arab family. It is even more shocking to see how she was held prisoner by a Sudanese diplomat leaving in London. It makes one wonder how many people are living as slaves right here in the West, including America. This memoir was very informative and helped me to understand that it is not just the Christian Africans of Southern Sudan who suffer at the hands of the predominantely Arab Muslim North centered in Khartoum, but that other Muslims are treated the same way mainly because they are black. It is disappointing to know that this (slavery) still goes on and that many of those holding others in bondage will go unpunished for the crimes they have committed against humanity. This is a powerful book and a wonderful story.

triumphant!

I read this book in 2004 and I still carry the story in my head. It is worth the read. The story is heartbreaking but very moving. Mende is a strong woman and a role model for those who think that they know hardship.

Depressing...

Good book, starts out sort of slow, but quickly gains momentum. Just depressing that this is still a problem in the modern world.

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