J'ai échappé à la lapidation

by Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu, Serge Filippini (Translator), Raffaele Masto (Contributor)

This is the true, first-hand account of one woman's corageous 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 adultery, arreseted 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 of marriage and to give birth to her little girl, Adama. The child's father at first accepted responsibility, but then changed his story, denied everything and was released without penalty. Betrayed, terrified and outcast, 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Nigeria, Religion, Islam, Africa

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Silvéria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Apesar de ser aquilo a que eu chamo "um livro necessário", não foi, dentro do género, os que me causou maior emoção. No entanto, permitiu saber mais (muito mais, porque na verdade eu não sabia nada) sobre o norte islâmico da Nigéria.
E fez-me recordar o quão diferentes podem ser os cenários de país para país, em pleno século XXI, pondo em causa aquilo que nós, nos ditos países desenvolvidos, consideramos básicos para a dignidade do ser humano...

[BumfuzzledNerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bedrückend, beängstigend und schockierend. Aber solche Bücher sind wichtig!

[Helena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tämä ei ollut kaunokirjallisesti ansioitunut teos, mutta ansioitunut kuvaamaan Afrikan muslimikulttuuria ja erityisesti naisen asemaa siinä. Syrjäisen nigerialaiskylän elämästä syntyi elävä käsitys. Lukemisen arvoinen kirja!

[Martyna Turowska · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Natali Andersson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bra, hemsk, fin, tragiskt och ett så fint slut! Att så många kämpa för henne🥹❤️‍🩹

[Catarina Henriques · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um livro que desconstrói a maioria da sociedade em pleno século XXI. O nosso dia a dia, as nossas necessidades básicas, a posição da mulher em relação ao homem, a religião, etc. Uma mudança de 180° para um país que parece ser de outro mundo. Uma chapada de realidade

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book 20 years ago and it is still a story on my mind. We take so much for granted and the way that running water from a tap is described as she first saw it reminded me that not everyone has access to such luxuries. I have been searching for this book for a long time and finally found it!

[Alessia Festa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fede salvezza e condanna

Scrittura scorrevole e diretta grazie all’uso della prima persona. La storia di Safyia, storia comune a tante donne dei villaggi africani, varca i confini del suo villaggio e della sua nazione grazie all’attenzione di associazioni e stampa internazionale.
La storia di Safyia diventa un libro che non parla alla pancia del lettore, che non mette in risalto la crudeltà di quello che Sofia stava subendo, ma proprio per questo riesce a trasmetterci il punto di vista della protagonista, degli stati d’animo del rapporto con la sua famiglia e del rapporto con la religione.
Religione che è protagonista di questa storia, che è l’ancora di salvezza della protagonista: la fede è la sua forza.
L’estremizzazione e in nome della religione Safyia viene condannata per lapidazione.
Un libro documento che ci permette di capire, o comunque di avvicinarci a usi e tradizioni di questo popolo.
Da leggere.

[Cat Ro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Insightful and moving story about life in northern Nigeria and the implementation of Sharia Law. I was deeply disappointed to not see Safiya thanked by the author for sharing her story and authorizing it to be used for this novel. There was one line thanking her for the fact that communication flowed freely between them but that was it. Instead there were many thanks given to the publisher and to others but no words for Safiya - this doesn’t sit right with me at all and has put a dampener on how I feel about this book.
It’s left me feeling like she was just an inconsequential piece in a much bigger agenda of personal achievement, book publishing and highlighting the politics in the region. I wonder if she received any royalties from the sales of this book?

[Kiia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vuoden plottwist oli, kun Safiyan kavaltajaks paljastui sen oma veli. Vähän liian jumalallinen omaan makuun. Koko ajan samaa herra rankaisee ja herra pelastaa. Kirjasta saa kyllä tosi hyvin tietoa, kuinka vanhan aikaista ajattelu oikeasti on jossain päin maailmaa ja sitä on vaikea esim. Suomesta käsin ymmärtää. Tarina oli onneksi hyvin tiivistetty (lukuun ottamatta lopussa olevia lisäjuttuja jotka oli ihan järkyttävän pitkän tuntusia), joten se ei käynyt tylsäksi. Teki mieli vetää turpaan puolia kirjan ihmisistä, varsinkin miehiä, koska vittu kun voi ahdasmielisiä ihmiset olla. Kuvat toi kivaa aitouden tuntua kirjaan.

[Sorkunde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una testimonianza necessaria, una storia travagliata e ben narrata sulla condizione delle donne in Nigeria. Donne assoggettate alla spietata legge islamica della sharia che prevede la lapidazione per coloro che partoriscono i propri figli fuori dal matrimonio. Un racconto che vale la pena leggere per capire cosa spinge le persone a cercare fortuna in occidente.

[Rastislav Fedor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to quit in half of the book! Allah, Allah, Allah....again and again! On every page...is this just pure propaganda? Or its just show how sick, twisted and bad is when some society is ruled by religious power!

[Jessica Paakkolanvaara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Todella hyvä ja koskettava kirja. Ainoa miinus kirjoitustyyli: välillä kuvailut tapahtumista ja päähenkilön ajatuksista vaikuttivat liian ylipursuavilta, ehkä vähän teennäisiltä kirjoituksilta, joka latisti lukutunnelmaa.

[Christina Widmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

(He leído la traducción española del año 2003 publicada por Lumen.)

Tono sencillo, historia desgarradora.
Reseña en mi blog: https://nouw.com/cwidmann/safiya-huss...

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro necesario, para empatizar, para aprender cómo funciona la cultura de otros países sin importar lo humano. Sin límite. Este libro pone los pelos de punta. Basado en hechos reales.

[Eva Olin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skrämmande historia....

[Kimmy Darius]

I want to read this book .

[Clas Falk · Rating 3 out of 5]

En viktig historia om hur en enskild liten människas oskuld och felaktigt dömd, kan väcka en värld.

[Vanita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lehrreich, wenn auch kein literarisches Meisterwerk.

[Zaar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sad story based on true events. My heart ached for her.

[ola · Rating 5 out of 5]

men disgust me sometimes

[Rhoda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would give this book a 3.5 if it were possible. It's an interesting story about a woman sentenced to stoning for adultery, including the lead up and how she was subsequently found not guilty, however there was something about this book that just didn't sit comfortably with me and I wasn't sure why.

On further consideration, I think the reason why and in opposition to one of the other reviews on here, I didn't really see Safiya as much of a fighter. Perhaps it is purely a very cultural thing and I just don't understand it, however I have recently read "Infidel" which has some cultural similarities and she was definitely a fighter. Safiya, on the other hand in my opinion, let everyone else make the decisions and do the fighting and she just went along with it.

The part that really made this stand out to me was when Safiya commented on when the women in the village finally began showing their support for her, as up until that time, her conviction was just how things were - it was not questioned until the sentence gained international exposure. With that in mind, I was a little frustrated that this "thinking outside the square" didn't extend to her family or even Safiya herself, when it came to her fifth marriage proposal after her being found not guilty. Ok, so it appears that this marriage turned out to be sucessful, but after so much heartache and disappointment at the hands of men, particularly her previous husbands, why on earth would you just keep continuing to agree to marry men that you don't know!!!! I just can't fathom after everything Safiya had been through and acknowledging that the women in her village were no longer just blindly accepting whatever had always been so, that she would just passively go along with her father's recommendation that she marry someone who had heard about her and decided to write to her father requesting a marriage. But as she had her whole life, she let everyone else make the decisions and just went along with them.

The reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 3 is because it's an interesting insight into a different culture and an important story, however I think this book is more of a political statement than a story about an inspiring woman. However that's just my opinion.

[Shweta Ramkumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very powerful and moving true story of an African woman's struggle for justice in an extremely religious, patriarchal and oppressive society where women had little to no human rights. Her story of being accused of adultery and subject to being stoned to death made International headlines and people from all corners of the world supported her as a united front to battle against such an inhuman and cruel form of capital punishment. Her courage, strength, resilience and fight for justice and victory made her an inspirational role model for women across the world. An easy to follow and highly recommended read for people who are into autobiographies and stories based on human rights !

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

La storia di Safiya è purtroppo la storia di tante, troppe donne che debbono sottostare ai soprusi degli uomini ed al fondamentalismo islamico.
La scrittura è molto semplice e scorrevole, ma mi sarebbe piaciuto di più se ci fosse stato un maggiore approfondimento antropologico riguardo la vita in questi villaggi al nord della Nigeria.
In ogni caso è utile leggere di questi avvenimenti perchè l'attualità ci insegna che certi casi non sono isolati e straordinari, e serve tenere alta l'attenzione mondiale, sperando che prima o poi si riesca ad eliminare per sempre certe brutalità!

[Mousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

انا صفية .. هي قصة امرأة نيجيرية من قرية تنغر تودو ..تتناول حياتها من صغر سنها حين كانت تتعلم في مدرسة دينية

وانتقالا لزواجها من شخص يكبرها بسنين عديدة ..

الى إنجابها ٣ بنات وولد منه

الى إصابة ولدها واحدى بناتها بجديري الماء

الى طلاقها من زوجها وزواجها من ثاني

الى طلاقها من الثاني وزواجها من ثالث

الى طلاقها من الثالث ورجوعها للثاني

الى طلاقها من الثاني من جديد

الى اتهامها بجريمة الزنا

الى الحكم عليها بالقتل رميا بالحجارة

الى انتقال قضيتها الى العالم

هذه صفية وهذه قصتها ..

[Célia]

I liked it a lot, it's a story about determination, resolution and hope. It's about the Islamic world. Raffaele Masto tells us about a Nigerian woman who is condemned to be stoned to death because of a daughter out of her marriage. She fights against everything and everybody to see her daughter growing up and is finally free after the excellent work of a good lawyer, for whom the whole family helped to pay.

[Helen Li · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very powerful and inspirational story of a woman facing adversity. She was fooled by a man and then got pregnant outside marriage. The man denied everything to save himself but she was committed of adultery and then faced the punishment of being stoned to death. Through her lawyer and the world's knowledge she was saved and in turn become a international celebrity and inspirational heroine.

[Nour · Rating 2 out of 5]

Safiya's story is moving but the way it's written is a bit boring, the writer doesn't stress on the much important aspects. It's sad to know that there are places on our planet that still living in the barbaric dark ages.

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sad how some cultures can treat women in such a cruel way......a true story well written as spoken by Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu

[Melissa]

Fantastic Book