in September 2000, al-Koronky sued the paper for libel. In July 2002, before the case went to trial, the paper retracted its story and agreed to pay damages. Nazer and the coauthor of her autobiography, which was published in 2003, have blamed this outcome on the Telegraph reporter's professional incompetence. In particular, the reporter never met with or even spoke to Mende prior to publication of the article. As part of the case settlement, the Telegraph retracted the entire story. Nazer later wrote that she should have been given the opportunity to clarify the story's inaccuracies and point out the truths it contained. See also Francis Bok Slavery in Sudan List of slaves Notes References Further reading External links Living people Sudanese slaves Sudanese emigrants to the United Kingdom 1980s births 20th-century slaves People who wrote slave narratives 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people