A new release in the Jamaica Insula collection, "Les gangs de Jamaïque" takes stock of crime in Yard in 2012.
A former editor-in-chief of the specialist magazine Natty Dread, Thibault Ehrengardt spent five weeks delving into the world of gangs in Jamaica, meeting "dons" and gang leaders or following the local police to back up his account.
Spanish Town, Tivoli Gardens, Trenchtown...: an immersion into the heart of Yard's criminality that has given birth to a book - with a portfolio - titled "Les gangs de Jamaïque – Etat des lieux 2012", published by Natty Dread (who had published the translation of Laurie Gunst's indispensable "Born fi dead", on the same subject).
Thibault Ehrengardt had already written several books on Jamaica, such as "Histoire ancienne de l'île de la Jamaïque, de 1494 à 1838" and "Les Hommes illustres de la Jamaïque - Vol. 1" (portraits of Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Yabby You, Edward Seaga...).
Find information on pre-ordering and ordering "Les gangs de Jamaïque – Etat des lieux 2012" on the jamaica-insula.com website.