About the Author

Halima Bashir was born into the remote western deserts of Sudan in the region of South Darfur, to the fiercely independent Zaghawa tribe. She went on to study medicine, and at age twenty-four she returned to her tribe and began practicing as their first ever qualified doctor, until Janjaweed Arab militias began savagely assaulting the Zaghawa, invariably with the backing of the Sudan army and air force. She now lives in England with her husband and young son where she continues to speak out about the violence in the Sudan. Damien Lewis has spent the last twenty years reporting from war, disaster and conflict zones across the African continent, with a particular focus and expertise in Sudan. He was the co-author, with Mende Nazer, of SLAVE, the first hand account of a young Nuba woman sold into slavery in Sudan. This book was published in twenty-one languages and has topped bestseller lists world wide, and it won the Index on Censorship Book Award (2004). His reporting this year from Darfur won the BBC One World Award, and he continues to report regularly from across the African continent. Rosalyn Landor has worked as an actress since the age of seven, both in Europe and the United States in feature films, theater, and audio productions. Her extensive list of credits include leading roles for the BBC, and PBS Masterpiece Theater, including "Rumpole of the Bailey" and the Sherlock Holmes mystery "The Speckled Band", as well as mini-series and guest roles on all major networks. She lives in Los Angeles.