Slave

By: Mende Nazar, Damien Lewis

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Mende Nazer tells the story of her kidnap, at age 12, from an idyllic life with her family in a village in Sudan, and being sold into slavery. Trafficked to Europe and the London home of a diplomat, Nazer escaped - only to find she had to fight for asylum.

©2004 Mende Nazar & Damien Lewis (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Your story kept my attention!

Wonderful read! Your story was very graphic many times my eyes were filled with tears. I am so glad you escaped from the people! It's very sad child trafficking occurs today! Thank you for sharing your story.

Emotional

This book is awesome, while I was very emotional listening it has opened my eyes to see that nothing has really changed for us

wow

All I can say it's wow. this is still going on, in modern times, in the info age. It's terrible. Its also necessary to be told.

Heart breaking truth

‘Man has dominated man to his harm’ Ecc. 8:9
I long for the day will all the injustices of the world will be done away with.

Must Read!

This is a very sad, but interesting story. I finished it in three days! The narration is amazing, and makes it authentic. Even the life Mende lived before she was captured was very interesting to read! It's worth the credit!

Wow-An Excellent Book!

This is a powerful story that I will listen to again and again. The narration is fabulous. I hope a follow-up of Mende's life will be written.

Often heartbreaking, often uplifting

"Slave" (2004, 2008) by Mende Nazar and Damien Lewis is an often heartbreaking, often uplifting nonfiction account about Mende’s harrowing life as a young girl kidnapped from her village in Sudan and sold into slavery, a situation that lasted until her escape ten years later. It’s a difficult read but one that reminds us that good and bad people come in all races, colors and religions. I found the stories about Mende’s childhood life prior to her kidnapping to be a bit long. Adjoa Andoh‘s narration is phenomenal. Solidly recommended.

This book literally gave me an anxiety attack.

When I finished reading this book, I literally laid down and took a nap. I was mentally, emotionally and physically drained.

The story was so vivid and emotionally evoking that I experienced two full-blown anxiety attacks. I suffer from this disorder, but wasn't expecting it to be triggered by the telling of this account.

I must admit this is one of the most unsettling accounts, one will ever read about. I felt something almost unexplainable with everything that took place in this book.

Yebit! I swear this word is forever etched into my brain. I will forever cringe if I am driven to have to revisit that brain space.

Mende’s story is one of sadness, reverence, hope, and patience. I've learned so much from this autobiography, not just about slavery, but how it feels to literally loathe someone thanks to Rahab. Far more important than anything, Mende’s story has taught me about the intensity and overall makeup of a female. I can't even begin to touch on half of the things that took seat in this case. Even so, this is by far the best book I've read in 2018.

Amazing story and one of the best narrators!

I loved this book, because it spanned the author's entire lifetime from her joyful childhood to her eventual escape. It details all the trauma of kidnapping & slavery that we would otherwise never know about, both physically and emotionally. It was even better because of the narrator. This narrator had an incredible ability to voice many different languages and accents. It brought so much the story. Truly a great narrator and a great book.

Horror, misery, hopelessness, and all the tools and brainwash that a slave are would use

There was no getting around did this book is the story of pure outright mean hateful things that have been done to Africans within what seems like almost forever her only luck was that she was not sent to the West Indies or the United States, because then she would have lost her language which she almost did she would have lost her religion which most of the slaves sent to the United States, or the West Indies did. I guess there is a lot of truth in the saying that, in order to keep a man in chains, do you have to convince him that that’s where he belongs take away his past and tell him what future is and then make that hopeless situation