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Tudu, Safiya Hussaini Tungar.

I, Safiya / Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu ; with Raffaele Masto. - Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2004. - 222 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

"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.

ISBN: 1405035994

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tudu, Safiya Hussaini Tungar.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Muslim women--Nigeria--Sokoto State--Biography.
Women (Islamic law)
Islamic law--Nigeria--Sokoto State.

Dewey Class. No.: 305.48697092