Books - God's Gangsters

The Number Gangs in South Africa’s prisons are living legends and unique when compared with other prison gangs across the globe. They have created their own culture based on an idiosyncratic history, hierarchical structure, invisible garments, laws and punishments rituals and a language that requires the indoctrinated to speak in metaphors and symbols. In prison the gang members dedicate their lives to a dangerous, fantastic mythology that permits the assertion of power through vicious acts of retribution.

Heather Parker Lewis writes of Mzozephi Mathebula the magnetic anti-hero whose spirit has haunted South Africa’s prisons for over a hundred years. The birth, life, achievements and transmogrification of Mzozephi, as he adopts the title of Nongoloza- to become the chief aharater in a tragic drama- are presented with insight and sensitivity.

 

Author: Heather Parker Lewis

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