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Book SynopsisSince the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa’s gold mining areas.
Trade Review“An extremely important contribution to South African scholarship but also offers a wealth of findings for comparative scholarship in the fields of colonialism, state formation, police science, criminology, resistance, migration, and gender studies.”
“Gary Kynoch’s engaging book examines how gangs of Basotho migrants used violence and crime to survive under the harsh conditions of everyday life in apartheid South Africa … Kynoch’s well-researched study expands our knowledge of the history of Basotho migrancy to South Africa’s gold mines … Kynoch must be applauded.” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *
“This is a groundbreaking study that will force researchers in many different fields to investigate anew such issues as the complexity of Black township life under apartheid, the origins of South African violence and crime, gender relationships in the Black community, the underground economy, migration, urbanization, and resistance up to the present day. It is a book that should be in all research libraries, and that all South African scholars will find interesting and stimulating.” * Canadian Journal of African Studies *
“A rich and provocative look at gang activity and crime in South Africa.... An intriguing and thoughtful book.” * University of Toronto Quarterly *
