The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs
 

The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs

by Jonny Steinberg

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The Number tells the story of both Magadien Wentzel, a lifelong criminal and prison gang leader of the 28s and the history of the South African prison gangs.

Wentzel grew up as an identity-less colored boy in the cape townships. He didn’t know who his mother was until he was nearly a teen, never knew who his father was and despised his foster mother’s boyfriends. He doesn’t know his true name, age or religion. Lacking structure and guidance (granted this is an overgeneralization),...

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