02770nam 2200649Ia 450 991082166670332120240405005151.00-8214-4156-6(CKB)1000000000714193(EBL)1753412(OCoLC)84683609(SSID)ssj0000542488(PQKBManifestationID)11359564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542488(PQKBWorkID)10510190(PQKB)10525411(SSID)ssj0000432297(PQKBManifestationID)11293232(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432297(PQKBWorkID)10478577(PQKB)11600834(MiAaPQ)EBC1753412(MdBmJHUP)muse9495(Au-PeEL)EBL1753412(CaPaEBR)ebr10091955(EXLCZ)99100000000071419320040915d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWe are fighting the world a history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 /Gary Kynoch1st ed.Athens, Ohio Ohio University Pressc20051 online resource (218 p.)New African histories seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1616-2 0-8214-1615-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.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.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 characterizedNew African histories series.GangsSouth AfricaHistoryViolenceSouth AfricaHistoryGangsHistory.ViolenceHistory.364.1/06/60973Kynoch Gary1611144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821666703321We are fighting the world3939228UNINA