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[[Image:Kola Boof Heathrow Airport.JPG|thumb|Kola Boof at [[Heathrow Airport]] 1998]]
'''Kola Boof''' ([[March 3]], [[1972]]) is an Egyptian-[[Sudan]]ese-American writer, feminist, black activist and outspoken advocate of freedom from slavery. She is the author of a collection of poetry, two collections of short stories, six literary novels, and her soon to be released personal memoir ''Diary of a Lost Girl'', which she describes as her "soul book". It includes 90 pages about her alleged [[1996]] sexual relationship with [[Osama bin Laden]] in [[Morocco]], which, she asserts, happened against her will and ended after six months. Initially, she claims, she denied the sexual relationship with bin Laden to protect herself from being thought of as a terrorist sympathizer when the reality was, according to her story, she had been a prisoner of bin Laden and his men.

==Life==

Kola Boof was born Naima Bint Harith in [[Omdurman]], [[Sudan]]. She is the daughter of an [[Egypt]]ian archeologist father, Harith Bin Farouk, and a Gisi-Waaq [[Oromo]] mother named Jiddi and raised as a [[muslim]]. Her birthdate is unknown, but she "believes she is a [[Pisces]]." [http://kolaboof.tripod.com/remix.htm]  Her parents were murdered in front of her for making denouncements against Arab-Islamic practices in Sudan of oppressing and enslaving Black Sudanese. Her Arab grandmother put her up for adoption for having "dark" skin and after a short time in England, living with an Ethiopian family there, she was adopted by an African American couple in the [[Anacostia Park]] neighborhood of [[Washington, D.C.]]

Kola Boof's first published work was ''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'', published in Arabic in [[1995]], followed by ''[[Every Little Bit Hurts]]'', a [[1997]] collection of her poetry which gained popularity among [[feminists]] in Morocco and southern Europe. In [[1998]], reports of the book's anti-Islamic language reached bin Laden and he threatened to kill her.  Since then she has received more death threats from other Islamists, including Sheik [[Omar Bakri Mohammad]] and a [[fatwa]] death sentence by a sharia court in [[Khartoum]], Sudan.

After several threats, on [[December 31]], [[2002]], Boof's publisher Russom Damba's printing press was firebombed. He subsequently dropped the Kola Boof from his publishing company. [http://www.rootzreggae.com/Rootz-view/KolaBoof.htm]

Kola Boof is married and lives with her husband and two sons in [[California]].  Ms. Boof has been defended publicly by her close friends, former head of the [[NAACP]] [[Joe Madison]], author [[Derrick Bell]], and Nigerian scholar [[Chinweizu]]. {{fact}}  She lived under government protection from 2002 to January 2005. <!--(*see sources for details) it said, but *which* sources?-->{{fact}}  As of 2006, Kola Boof was the highest ranking woman in the [[Sudanese People's Liberation Army]] (SPLA) and her poem "Chol Apieth" was used to memorialize SPLA founder/leader [[John Garang]] at his state funeral in 2005. 

Kola Boof has received praise and publicity from the African-American Literary Book Club, journalists [[Bruce Dunne]], [[Mark Fogarty]], [[Simon Jenkins]], the website Africana.com, ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'', ''[[The New York Post]]'', ''[[Japanese Playboy]]'' magazine, the television shows [[Fox News]]' [[Fox Report]] and [[BNN]] in [[the Netherlands]]' "The Search For Bin Laden". {{fact}} She has appeareed or contributed to radio programs in Washington, D.C., [[Los Angeles]], CA, [[San Francisco]], CA, and [[Ireland]]. {{fact}}

Boof often and freely appears topless at performances and in photographs. Insisting that [[vanity]] and [[publicity]] have nothing to do with it, she has said that she is "topless to honor my mothers and grandmothers, my own African womenfolk who were always bare breasted in the sun and who gave birth to this whole world... They were not dirty and soiled by man's greed and violence. They were naked because it pleases God...and I do believe that it's an abomination against God for any woman's breasts to be covered." [[http://www.kolaboof.com/feast.htm]] In other instances, she has been less spiritual about the subject: "I have no concern...whatsoever...with what White Caucasoids think about my all-natural, God-given bare black titties." [http://www.rootzreggae.com/Rootz-view/KolaBoof.htm] She also has stated that part of her book contract was that each publication would feature a topless picture of her on the back cover. [http://www.kolaboof.com/feast.htm]

==Personal Quote==

"The meaning of life is that your deeds outlive you."<br><br>

==QUEEN KOLA==

Originally called "Agent Nya Miuokda" by her SPLA commanders, Boof was later dubbed "Agent Queen Kola" and worked spy missions and channeled weapons to Commanders Athor and Yaka's camps in Buoth, Waniek and Pariang.  Though "sexism" and political disagreements have at times strained Boof's relationship with the SPLA (in 2002 they had a falling out over Boof's glamorous "public" spectacles in the U.S. and U.K.), Kola Boof remains a member of the SPLA and documented her work for the organization in her 2006 autobiography, "Diary of a Lost Girl".  Ms. Boof's poem "Chol Apieth" was used to memorialize SPLA founder/leader John Garang at his state funeral in 2005.

==The Anti-Hoax==

In the last several years, journalists like Bruce Dunne (Post Journal), Mark Fogarty (Chicago Tribune) and Simon Jenkins (Newscorp) were able to disprove the claims made by numerous enemies of Boof's politics such as David Hoile, publisher of the Sudanese-financed Media Monitors website, that the author was a "hoax". {{fact}} Ms. Boof's work has been called "alluring, angry and groundbreaking" by ''The New York Times''. {{fact}} Her autobiography "Diary of a Lost Girl" was #2 in Black Book sales at www.aalbc.com at the time of this update.Born '''Naima Bint Harith''', [[March 3]], [[1972]]) is an [[American]] [[writer]], [[feminist]] and black [[activist]] best known for her [[1996]] [[sex|sexual relationship]] with [[terrorist]] [[Osama bin Laden]].

==Biography==

====Early years====

Naima Bint Harith was born in [[Omdurman]], [[Sudan]]. Her father, Harith Bin Farouk, was an [[Egypt|Egyptian]] [[archeologist]],  and her mother, Jiddi, was a Gisi-Waaq [[Oromo]]. Kola was raised as a [[muslim]]. Her birthdate is unknown, but she "believes she is a [[Pisces]]." [http://kolaboof.tripod.com/remix.htm]  Her parents were murdered in front of her for making denouncements against Arab-Islamic practices in Sudan of oppressing and enslaving Black Sudanese. Her Arabic grandmother put her up for adoption for having "dark" skin and after a short time in [[England]], living with an Ethiopian family there, she was adopted by an [[African American]] couple in the [[Anacostia Park]] neighborhood of [[Washington, D.C.]]

====Relationship with Osama bin Laden====

In [[1996]], Boof was pursuing an acting career in North Africa, when she was taken prisoner by Osama bin Laden. He allegedly forced her to live him at La Maison Arabe [[hotel]] in [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]] for four months, during which time they had sexual relations (by some accounts, she was [[rape|raped]] by him). She left Morocco for [[Spain]] in [[1998]], after bin Laden "asked me to move out so he could move another woman in." Later that year, angred over the way Islam was portrayed in a book of poetry titled ''[[Every Little Bit Hurts]]'' by Boof, bin Laden phoned the author at her home and told her that "if I had the time, I would come and slit your throat myself." [http://de.indymedia.org/2003/01/38624.shtml] Boof initially denied that she ever had any contact with bin Laden, but eventually admitted to it.

In early [[2003]], Boof pulled her 5-year-old son out of his [[elementary school]] after rumors began circulating that the boy was actually fathered by bin Laden. Boof has neither confirmed nor denied these rumors, saying only in a statement: "The fact that people think my son is Osama's is very scary to me, so I thought I better clear it up. He's a monster...I did not want to be with him. I was basically his prisoner." [http://de.indymedia.org/2003/01/38624.shtml]

====Literary career====

Kola Boof's first published work was ''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'', published in Arabic in [[1995]]. It was followed by ''[[Every Little Bit Hurts]]'', a [[1997]] collection of her poetry, much of it criticizing the Muslim world. In [[1998]], reports of the book's anti-Islamic language reached bin Laden and he threatened to kill her.  Since then she has received more [[death threat|death threats]] from other Islamists, including Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad and a [[fatwa]] death sentence by a sharia court in [[Khartoum]], Sudan. {{fact}}

On [[December 31]], [[2002]], Boof's publisher Russom Damba's [[printing press]] was [[firebombing|firebombed]]. He subsequently dropped Kola Boof from his publishing company. [http://www.rootzreggae.com/Rootz-view/KolaBoof.htm]

==== Toplessness ====

Boof often and freely appears [[topless]] at performances and in photographs. Insisting that [[vanity]] and [[publicity]] have nothing to do with it, she has said that she is "topless to honor my mothers and grandmothers, my own African womenfolk who were always bare breasted in the sun and who gave birth to this whole world... They were not dirty and soiled by man's greed and violence. They were naked because it pleases God...and I do believe that it's an abomination against God for any woman's [[breasts]] to be covered." [http://www.kolaboof.com/feast.htm] In other instances, she has been less spiritual about the subject: "I have no concern...whatsoever...with what White [[caucasian|Caucasoids]] think about my all-natural, God-given bare black titties." [http://www.rootzreggae.com/Rootz-view/KolaBoof.htm] She also has stated that part of her book contract was that each publication would feature a topless picture of her on the back cover. [http://www.kolaboof.com/feast.htm]

====Affiliation with SPLA====

As of 2006, Kola Boof was the highest ranking woman in the [[Sudanese People's Liberation Army]] (SPLA) and her poem "Chol Apieth" was used to memorialize SPLA founder/leader [[John Garang]] at his state funeral in 2005. Originally called "Agent Nya Miuokda" by her SPLA commanders, Boof was later dubbed "Agent Queen Kola" and worked spy missions and channeled weapons to Commanders Athor and Yaka's camps in Buoth, Waniek and Pariang. {{fact}} She lived under government protection from 2002 to January 2005. <!--(*see sources for details) it said, but *which* sources?-->{{fact}} Though "sexism" and political disagreements have at times strained Boof's relationship with the SPLA (in 2002 they had a falling out over Boof's glamorous "public" spectacles in the U.S. and U.K.), Kola Boof remains a member of the SPLA and documented her work for the organization in her 2006 autobiography, "Diary of a Lost Girl".

Kola Boof has received praise and publicity from the African-American Literary Book Club, journalists [[Bruce Dunne]], [[Mark Fogarty]], [[Simon Jenkins]], the website Africana.com, ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'', ''[[The New York Post]]'', ''[[Japanese Playboy]]'' magazine, the television shows [[Fox News]]' [[Fox Report]] and [[BNN]] in [[the Netherlands]]' "The Search For Bin Laden". {{fact}} She has appeared on radio programs in Washington, D.C., [[Los Angeles]], CA, [[San Francisco]], CA, and [[Ireland]]. {{fact}}

In the last several years, journalists like Bruce Dunne (Post Journal), Mark Fogarty (Chicago Tribune) and Simon Jenkins (Newscorp) were able to disprove the claims made by numerous enemies of Boof's politics such as David Hoile, publisher of the Sudanese-financed Media Monitors website, that the author was a "hoax". {{fact}}

Kola Boof is currently married and lives with her husband and two sons in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. 


==QUEEN KOLA==


==The Anti-Hoax==⏎
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==Books by Kola Boof in English==

*''Diary of a Lost Girl: The Autobiography of Kola Boof'' (February 2006, ISBN 0-9712-0198-6)
*''Flesh and the Devil'' (U.S. release May 2004, ISBN 0-9712-0197-8)
*''Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women'' (U.S. release April 2004, ISBN 0-9712-0190-0)
*''Nile River Woman: The Very First Poems by Kola Boof'' (U.S. release Feb. 2004, ISBN 0-9712-0196-X)
(contracted; show full)==External links==
*[http://www.kolaboof.com/ Kola Boof's official website]

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