WITH THE UNREST IN JAMAICA - A GOOD BACKGROUNDER IS LAURIE GUNST'S book "BORN FI DEAD: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE JAMAICAN POSSE UNDERWORLD"

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This

1995 - published book relates the story of the rise to power through drug running of the "posses".

Let me quote from Ms. Gunst's introduction in the book;

"When I began working on the book a decade ago, I conceived of it as both a work of history and a traveler's tale, the story of Jamaica's political gangs and the record of my journey into their labyrinth. This story began in the ghettos of Kingston, a chessboard of war zones with human pieces: for as long as the majority of Jamaicans can remember, politicians have armed and paid Kingston's most notorious gunmen to enforce their rule in the capital city's thronged slums."

This is a fascinating book. We recommend it to all our listeners.

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