Many people were dead. We ran and ran; we had nowhere to hide. It was very crowded and I lost my dad. I believed him really because it was very dangerous. I saw people being killed in front of me; they killed the people at night, and raped the girls. He took me from this place to somewhere in the forest. When I got there I found some girls and boys there and stayed with them, he said to stay there.
They were around ten and 12 years old. We were happy because we all thought we were going back to our parents later. I was there for a few days; everyday people came and took children away. A man came to the camp and chose us; I was taken in a car with five other girls to a house in a place called Khartoum. He would not let us out. We had to work all day. One by one the girls were taken away. One day, a woman came and took me away. This is my new life I had to do very hard work, I had to do everything: clean the house and big yard, wash clothes by hand and look after her children; over time there were five.
After she saw I was clean she had me cook. Everything that was mine was kept separate. She worked from dawn until the wee hours of the morning, with no time off. She was really too young and inexperienced to know what else to do in this new environment. The modern landscape of Khartoum could not possibly have been more alien; after all, she had never seen even a spoon, a mirror or a sink, much less a telephone.
Mende desperately missed her childhood life and at times became physically ill yearning for her Umi mother and Ba father. Despite all this, she continued to pray and remained faithful. With only broken English and no friends, she remained locked up and isolated.
Finally she was able to spend some time on her own and miraculously met a Sudanese man while doing errands. With his help and the help of journalist Damien Lewis she managed to escape on 11 September After some initial setbacks, Mende finally obtained asylum in She did so with the help of Damien and a storm of public protest. She has since become a British citizen. Mende now lives and works in New York where she leads a happy and quiet life. She is married to a one time refugee and fellow member of the Karko tribe who she met while on a book signing tour in the United States.
I think hope and determination helped me to survive during that difficult time. With the help of private donators, Mende made the journey back to Sudan. Batten msvu. Mende Nazer to visit the Mount. Posted: January 23, Best-selling author and human rights activist to share her story of modern slavery during public talk and film screening February 5 Mende Nazer was just years-old when slave traders attacked her South Sudanese village in , abducted her and sold her into slavery.
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