{"product_id":"under-nelson-mandela-boulevard-life-among-the-stowaways-paperback","title":"Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard: Life Among the Stowaways - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSean Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part ethnography, \u003cem\u003eUnder Nelson\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMandela Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003eis journalist Sean Hunter Christie's account of time spent amongst the Tanzanian stowaways who live rough under the Nelson Mandela Boulevard flyover, at the foot of Cape Town.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter a year living in South Africa's most unequal city, the young Zimbabwean is introduced to serial stowaway Adam Bashili, through the photographer David Southwood. This encounter changes everything. Adam introduces Christie to the extraordinary world of the \"beachboys\", a multi-port, fourth generation sub-culture of young men from the slums of Dar es Salaam, who came to South Africa with the aim of stowing away on ships bound for other continents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder Nelson Mandela Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e presents Cape Town as it has not yet been seen: as a series of desperate social margents and cloying controls, but also of unbelievable and somehow hopeful beliefs and survival strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading the author on an unprecedented tour of Dar es Salaam's underworld, followed by a madcap heroin run down Africa's east coast, Adam leads him to a trail-head of his own: a way beyond his largely perceived oppressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49193707143320,"sku":"9781868426904","price":35.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/UU81TFFHd0QxNmRrSlJrSjQ3dnRadz09.webp?v=1780555957","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/under-nelson-mandela-boulevard-life-among-the-stowaways-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}