Epilogue

Abstract

Mende Nazer, internationally known anti-slavery activist, was enslaved for six years in the Sudan as a young girl and later escaped in London, after having been sent there by her Khartoum owner to the owner’s sister. Slave: My True Story, which Nazer co-wrote with journalist Damien Lewis, opened the world’s eyes to slavery in the Sudan.¹ Before speaking out about her ordeal, Nazer had to weigh potential reprisals by the repressive Sudanese government against her relatives still living there versus the fate of the countless enslaved persons to whom her book might draw attention. Fortunately, the intense international media attention to the book has thus far protected Nazer’s family.