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02855aam a2200373 i 4500 001 8331A3B6495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 220926t20232023nyua 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2022947076 020 $a 1636140939 020 $a 9781636140933 035 $a (OCoLC)1345214726 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d GZD $d YDX $d OCO $d OCLCF $d ORX $d VP@ $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a HV874.82.W52 $b A3 2023 082 04 $a 823 $2 23 100 1 $a Wheatle, Alex, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a Sufferah : $b the memoir of a Brixton reggae-head / $c by Alex Wheatle. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, NY : $b Akashic Books, $c [2023] 300 $a 247 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a Part I: You can't blame the youth -- Part II: Babylon system is the vampire -- Part III: If yuh have a paper, yuh must have a pen. 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, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, King Yellowman, and so many others. These were friends and mentors who understood the enormous challenges facing a young Black man gave purpose to despair, provided a sense of belonging when Alex had no one and who educated him in ways no school ever could. From the abuse he suffered in foster care, to the challenges he faced on the streets of South London as a young man and his eventual imprisonment for participating in the legendary 1981 Brixton uprising against racial injustice, reggae music always provided a lifeline to Alex. Alexs life story was portrayed in Oscar Award winning director Steve McQueens 2020 Small Axe. In Sufferah, he vividly tells his own story, putting the reader in his shoes through the many challenges of his younger years, answering the question: how on earth did he make it? By his example we are reminded that words can be our sustenance, and music can be our heartbeat" $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Wheatle, Alex, $d 1963- 650 0 $a Foster children $z Great Britain $x Biography. 650 0 $a Abused children $z Great Britain $x Biography. 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240104012135.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230902013003.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8331A3B6495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search