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Veronique Olmi

Biography

Veronique Olmi

Véronique Olmi is an actor, playwright and stage director who has written several novels, including the critically acclaimed BESIDE THE SEA and CET ETE-LA, for which she received the Prix Maison de la Presse in 2011. She has also published two plays, UNE SEPARATION and UN AUTRE QUE MOI.

Veronique Olmi

Books by Veronique Olmi

written by Veronique Olmi, translated by Adriana Hunter - Fiction, Historical Fiction

She recalls little of her childhood, not even her own name. She was barely seven years old when she was snatched by slave raiders from her village in the Darfur region of southern Sudan. In a cruel twist, they gave her the name that she will carry for the rest of her life: Bakhita, "the Lucky One" in Arabic. Sold and resold along the slave trade routes, Bakhita endures years of unspeakable abuse and terror. At age 13, at last, her life takes a turn when the Italian consul in Khartoum purchases her. A few years later, as chaos engulfs the capital, the consul returns to Italy, taking Bakhita with him. In this new land, another long and arduous journey begins --- one that leads her onto a spiritual path for which she is still revered today.