The Grace in Africa series is a sweeping three-part historical saga of slavery and freedom off the west coast of Africa, then to Southern plantations and finally on to Canada. Grace Winslow, the daughter of a mixed marriage between an English sea captain and an African princess, has been sheltered from the truth about the family business—the capture and trade of slaves.
I know, I know. Everyone wants a donation from you. Well, not everyone. This just in from International Justice Mission (IJM): Over the last year, you’ve stood with IJM in advocating for the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) – the foundation of our country’s efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery around [...]
Haven’t yet gotten into the Grace in Africa trilogy? Now is your chance. Today and tomorrow, January 12 and 13, book 1–The Call of Zulina–is free on Kindle. www.amazon.com/The-Call-of-Zulina-ebook/dp/B004GHNIIE
Shortly before Christmas, President Obama declared that January 2012 would be National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Thank you, Mr. President. Not a moment too soon! Did you you know there are over 27 million slaves worldwide? Sadly, it’s true. And it is in our power to help put an end to this scourge. [...]
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, [...]
Taped to my computer is the picture of a small girl in a ragged blue dress. I first saw her in a huge trash dump in India where she lives, busily searching for something her father could sell… or she could eat. I tried to talk to her, but she stared in silence with [...]
For two weeks Wardo walked, her 1-year-old daughter on her back and her 4-year-old son trudging at her side. They were fleeing Somalia’s horrible famine. They had almost reached the end of their journey when the little boy collapsed. The child didn’t even have the strength to drink, so Wardo poured the little water [...]
Breaking News Flash: I was just notified that The Triumph of Grace, book 3 in the Grace in Africa trilogy, was named in Booklist’s top 10 Inspirational Fiction books of the year. It was featured in the November 15 issue of the American Library Association’s Booklist Magazine. Cool, huh? Especially since book 2 of the [...]
This Sunday, November 13, is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. As you consider the many areas that need prayer, please add Afghanistan to your list. Last month the U.S. State Department reported this devastated country now has no church buildings left. That is not to say that the church doesn’t exist [...]
He was an Iraqi soldier fighting under Saddam Hussein in Desert Storm, one of a privileged class who lived well and wanted for little. Amazingly, he was a Christian. When Saddam rained poison gas down on the Kurds as punishment for their lack of support, the soldier saw it all—the terrified parents rushing terrified children [...]
I just received an email from an Egyptian friend. She said, “We have gained so much. We are so hopeful for the future. But I am frightened, too. What if we are like the Israelites after they finally got freedom? What if we, too, forget?” Great question. Something amazing happens after such a momentous time. [...]
King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s reformer king, took a good big step for women’s rights. He decreed that women would actually be allowed to vote. For the very first time. They can even run as candidates in municipal council elections. Yay! But the very next day, he had a woman arrested for defying the kingdom’s ban on women driving. [...]
I just finished The Love of Divena, book 3 of the Blessings in India trilogy. People often say to me: Tell me about India. I hardly know anything about it. Okay. Here are 26 interesting facts about the country of India: 1. India is about 1/3 the size of the United States, yet with a [...]
Quote from Time.com: “If a new country is born and no one sees it online, does it really exist?” Ask the people in South Sudan. They celebrated their first independence day on July 9, 2011. Have you heard much about the hard-fought new country? Me either. What a shame!
Ashish: Would you like to know more about me? Read Margaret Daley’s interview with my father, Virat. http://www.margaretdaley.com/margarets-blog/
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Okay, question here: How would you respond to a presidential candidate who went off topic and expressed real concern for people who are starving to death in Somalia? Whose heart was truly broken for the 750,000 men, women, children, and especially babies, who are in real danger of dying between now and New Year’s Day 2012? [...]
Reader Kavita Wrote: Is this site only about Africa? I just read an entry about our Indian fight for Dalit Christian rights. Is it about India, too? Grace Says: That is a good question, Kavita. This blog is about freedom from all kinds of slavery, as well as social justice. Two or three hundred years [...]
Last month, a bi-partisan group of Senators introduced the 2011 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) , a bill that renews and strengthens the legislation that established U.S. programs to fight slavery at home and abroad. Time is running out: The 2008 TVPRA expires at the end of September. We need your help to ensure the [...]
Every day, from dawn until dark, Kumar labors in his landowner’s field. His wife and ten-year-old son work by his side. Even so, his debt is greater today than when he inherited it from his father. Kumar is just one of the millions of people enslaved as bonded laborers, especially in India—particularly Dalits, members of [...]
Mmmmmm~! Delicious, ripe strawberries. Only a dollar a pound. Strawberries. They always make me think of North Africa. We walked up a winding alleyway squeezed between two ancient buildings, up a steep staircase and into a small house. Freshly painted, it was, in our honor. We had gone to meet with a family who so loved their tiny daughter that [...]
Finally. At long last. Thirty years and 2 million people too late. Four top-ranking officials of the Khmer Rouge, led by the murderous Pol Pot, are scheduled to be tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Never mind that the accused are all now doddering and sick. (The youngest is 79, the oldest [...]
The room is large and airy, the stone floors clean and cool – a welcomer espite from the afternoon sun. Until your eyes take in the horror that it holds. Ten severely malnourished children - nine of them girls. The starving girls in this hospital ward include a 21-month-old with arms and legs the size of [...]
A couple of years ago I made a solo trip to Egypt to observe and write* about a great program designed by an Egyptian physician who taught adolescent boys to respect girls and girls to respect themselves. Revolutionary, actually, in a society where the abuse of girls and women is both extensive and tolerated. Where the female [...]
Back in September of 2009, when the world was still solvent and such things could be done, my husband and I agreed to go to India and lead a workshop for an eager group of writing students. And what an ambitious group they were! Dan and I called the workshop a Give a Voice seminar. [...]
Yay for the Saudi woman who defiantly drove though Saudi Arabia’s capital last Friday. Yay for the other women who put their feet to the pedal and cruised right past police patrols. Yay for the road rebellion that seems to be igniting in the ultraconservative kingdom. The only nation in the world that prohibits women from [...]
What good news! India’s wealth is increasing and the overall literacy in the country is improving. What bad news! These factors are contributing to a national crisis of “missing girls” in India. That’s because sex-selective abortions are up among those who can now afford to pay for it. What was once confined to a handful [...]
Interesting statistics I read today: Percentage of the food produced in the world for human consumption (about 1.4 billion tons) that ends up lost or wasted: 33% The amount of food wasted annually by consumers in the wealthier countries of the world: 244.7 million tons Did I say interesting? I meant wrong. Humiliating. Horrifying. Sinful. [...]
Poor Nigeria. Independent, yes, but so much wasted potential. Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous country, possesser of the continent’s biggest oil riches, and yet its people live in poverty. That’s the fault of the autocrats who have ruled the country with so plundering a hand. Unfortunately, the story is not unique when we talk about Africa. So many of [...]
Oooops! This should read: The Triumph of Grace: Grace in Africa Book 3 The Voyage of Promise: Grace in Africa Book 2 Free ebook download through June 7! Check: www.Amazon.com , www.CBD.com , or www.Barnes&Noble.com Latest Review of The Triumph of Grace: GoodBookStall Review (UK): I was looking forward to this final book of [...]
In Response to the last post, reader Sharon wrote: For heaven’s sake! People are sex slaves is the USA today! Most of them very young women – some of them used by their own families as part of the family income! Grace Says: If we only look away… to the far-away and long-ago… we will miss what [...]
