We are fighting the world : a history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 / Gary Kynoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kynoch, Gary.

Series:

New African histories series.

New African histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--South Africa--History.

Gangs.

Violence--South Africa--History.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the late 1940's, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas. With thousands of members involved in drug smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping, the Marashea was more influential in the day-to-day lives of many black South Africans under apartheid than were agents of the state. These gangs remain active in South Africa. In We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized

Contents:

Urban violence in South Africa

The anatomy of the Marashea

Making a living : survival in South Africa

Urban battlegrounds

Marashea on the mines : the expansion era

Vigilantism, "political" violence, and the end of apartheid.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.

ISBN:

9780821441565

0821441566

OCLC:

84683609