Gunst, Laurie
Born Fi' Dead
- ISBN 13:
- 9781841953861
- author:
- Gunst, Laurie
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Canongate Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 262
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- American studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld
Laurie Gunst's provocative exposé explores the Jamaican posses, ethnic gangs that originated in Kingston's ghettos as mercenaries for politicians. They migrated to the US in the early 1980s, coinciding with the crack wave that engulfed the country.
The book also delves into the suffering and exploitation of those affected, while a substantial afterword by Leone Ross provides further insight from a British and Jamaican perspective.
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