I, Safiya / Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu ; with Raffaele Masto.

By:

Tudu, Safiya Hussaini Tungar

Contributor(s):

Masto, Raffaele

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2004.Description: 222 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:

1405035994

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.48697092 22

Summary: "This is the true account of one woman's courageous struggle for justice, and the story that in 2001 made the eyes of the world turn to the small Nigerian village of Tungar Tudu. Safiya Hussaini was accused of adultary, arrested and taken from her farming village in northern Nigeria. Brought before a Sharia court, she was sentenced to death by stoning. Her crime was to become pregnant outside marriage and to give birth to a little girl. ... Safiya summoned the strength to fight for her life. Supported by her family, her lawyer and her faith in Allah, she was determined to stay alive to care for her little girl"--p. [4] of cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	305.48 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not For Loan		A00359737

"This is the true account of one woman's courageous struggle for justice, and the story that in 2001 made the eyes of the world turn to the small Nigerian village of Tungar Tudu. Safiya Hussaini was accused of adultary, arrested and taken from her farming village in northern Nigeria. Brought before a Sharia court, she was sentenced to death by stoning. Her crime was to become pregnant outside marriage and to give birth to a little girl. ... Safiya summoned the strength to fight for her life. Supported by her family, her lawyer and her faith in Allah, she was determined to stay alive to care for her little girl"--p. [4] of cover.

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