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We Are Fighting the World : A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New African Histories SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821441565
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: We Are Fighting the WorldDDC classification:
  • 364.10660973
LOC classification:
  • HV6439.S6 -- K96 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Image -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Image 2 -- Chapter 1 Urban Violence in South Africa -- Chapter 2 The Anatomy of the Marashea -- Chapter 3 Making a Living: Survival in South Africa -- Chapter 4 Urban Battlegrounds -- Chapter 5 Marashea on the Mines: The Expansion Era -- Chapter 6 Vigilantism, "Political" Violence, and the End of Apartheid -- Epilogue The Future of the Marashea -- Appendix Marashea Interview List -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Since the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas.
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Intro -- Halftitle Page -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Image -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Image 2 -- Chapter 1 Urban Violence in South Africa -- Chapter 2 The Anatomy of the Marashea -- Chapter 3 Making a Living: Survival in South Africa -- Chapter 4 Urban Battlegrounds -- Chapter 5 Marashea on the Mines: The Expansion Era -- Chapter 6 Vigilantism, "Political" Violence, and the End of Apartheid -- Epilogue The Future of the Marashea -- Appendix Marashea Interview List -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Since the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas.

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