Mende Nazer: Modern Terror

Modern Terror The book “Slaves” a true story about an African girl name Mende Nazer that was written by Damien Lewis. It is a story that talks about many aspects that happens everywhere. It hits many factors that keep slavery going as a practice in many other countries. The book touches things like religion, color, and money. These things help contribute to Mende capture and horror when she was little. All these factors did with a divide that let the Arabs of Northern African think putting the tribes in the mountains into slavery. Then religion plays a part in the hold industry. The Arabs think it is okay because these people that kill and enslave are sometimes not Muslim. They think that all are infidels. Last, is money. If money is involved in anything, then people will keep it going. Slave depicts of the horror of Mende life, and the author put it in a way to show how things …show more content…
It was nothing they did, but what the Arabs envision. They saw the Nuba people as inferior people because of their skin color, economic status, and faith affiliation. This started the industry of picking them for their slaves. Then since these people had money, they were able to pay for the raiders to get the slaves. In the book, it pointed out that Mende tribe hadn’t dealt with a raid in decades. So this shows that they have been doing this for a while. This wasn’t something new, and using their religion to justify their wrongdoing. The Arabs saw nothing wrong. They have been taught that it was okay because these people are from the mountains. Then they went into the mountains and taught them that they are inferior. Helping their cause that their slave trade showed continue. Mende still believed in her faith and in her people. Even when she was told that she was inferior. She would not listen to her teachers about her people, and she would not listen to her master about her faith. Where she tells other did, but she was not