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020			_a9781529428452
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a823 WHE
100			_aWheatle, Alex _eauthor
245			_aSufferah : _bthe memoir of Brixton reggae head / _cAlex Wheatle.
300			_axiii, 252 pages ; _c20 cm.
520			_a"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,
650			_aEnglish fiction
650			_aMemoir -fiction.
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