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Rude Boy Once Upon a Time in Jamaica

Paperback • 2000 • English

Rude Boy Once Upon a Time in Jamaica

By Chris Salewicz

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About the book

Chris Salewicz visited Jamaica in 1978. It was a life-changing experience, and the first of many such visits. The Island of Springs has a population of only three million, but an impact on the world that far outweighs its size: from Bob Marley to reggae; through Obeah, voodoo and Rastafarianism; to, of course, ganja. Then there is piracy and slavery; political civil war; death squads or badmen, and Yardie organized crime. In 1995 the house Chris was staying in was attacked by machete-wielding ba...Show more

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ISBN

9780575065222

Publisher

Gollancz

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Rude Boy Once Upon a Time in Jamaica

Format

Paperback

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