WE ARE FIGHTING THE WORLD A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa 1947-1999 Gary Kynoch

Since the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africas 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, 19471999, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized the apartheid state. As long as crime and violence were contained within black townships and did not threaten adjacent white areas, township residents were largely left to fend for themselves. The Marasheas ability to prosper during the apartheid era and its involvement in political conflict led directly to the violent crime epidemic that today plagues South Africa.
 

2005. Firm softcover, 200 pages. Very good condition; neat and clean. Under 1kg.