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Human trafficking and slavery is abhorrent and repugnant. The most vulnerable members of our society fall victim to the repulsive and detestable warlords and gang masters who conceal their depraved activity behind closed doors. On a recent flight to Canada I read the poignant and true story of Mende Nazer’s book "Slave." This is an extraordinary story of a young Sundanese girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Mende grew up in the remote Nubla Mountains of Sudan .Her childhood was brutalised by raiders on horseback who attacked her village, kidnapped her and raped her before selling her into slavery. Sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum, Mende was stripped of her name and her freedom. She was kept as a domestic slave without any pay or a single day off for seven years. Her food was the scarps left over from her master’s plates. In 2000 Mende was passed by her master, like a parcel, to a relative in London. Eventually, she managed to escape. Mende is one of the lucky ones. In this edition of Edges we focus on the plight of the innocent trapped by unscrupulous men and women who contaminate the dignity of life by their dreadful actions |
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