Sufferah : the memoir of Brixton reggae head / Alex Wheatle.
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TextDescription: xiii, 252 pages ; 20 cmISBN: - 9781529428452
- 823 WHE
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"Abandoned as a baby to the British foster care system, Alex Wheatle grew up without any knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Preoccupied with his own roots, Alex grew inexorably drawn to reggae music, which became his primary solace through years of physical and mental abuse in a childrens home. Although riven by loneliness and depression, Alex found joy and empathy among his reggae heroes: Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Marcia Griffiths, the Mighty Diamonds, Sister Nancy,
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