TY - BOOK ID - 77417688 TI - We are fighting the world : a history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 PY - 2005 SN - 0821416162 9780821441565 0821441566 0821416154 9780821416150 9780821416167 1869140729 9781869140724 PB - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gangs KW - Crews (Gangs) KW - Crime syndicates KW - Street gangs KW - Teen gangs KW - Teenage gangs KW - Criminals KW - Juvenile delinquents KW - Hoodlums KW - History KW - History. KW - Violence KW - Violent behavior KW - Social psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77417688 AB - 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 ER -