The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Halima Bashir was born into the remote western deserts of Sudan. She grew up in a wonderfully rich environment and later went on to study medicine. At the age of twentyfour she returned to her tribeand began practising as their first ever qualified doctor. But then a dark cloud descended upon her people.