Mende Nazer grew up in a remote part of Sudan Her childhood was cruelly cut short when raiders on horseback swept into her village The Mujahidin hacked down terrified villagers, raped the women and abducted the children Twelve-year-old Mende was one of them Sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum, Mende was stripped of her name and her freedom She was kept as a domestic slave and endured this harsh existence for seven years, without knowing whether her family was alive or dead