Strange Trade tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian Drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and Drug cartel boss.
This is her first book..
She is married and has two young children.
Before turning to writing full-time, she was a professor at New York University and the University of Texas at Austin.
Angel-Ajani has traveled from West Africa to South America, witnessing the impact of Drug trafficking and civil war on the lives of women.
She is the author of numerous articles and is the coeditor of the collection Engaged Observer.
About author(s): Asale Angel-Ajani earned her MA and her PhD in anthropology from Stanford University.
The result is an unvarnished journey into a world that, until now, has remained hidden; and a glimpse into the motives that led these Women to risk--and ultimately lose--everything.
Angel-Ajani paints rich, intimate, and profoundly surprising portraits without glamorizing, sanitizing, or offering judgment.
Strange Trade follows Pauline and Mary as they traverse three continents, survive wars, poverty, and shattered families, secure Drug shipments, and commit murder.
Herself the daughter of a Drug trafficker, Angel-Ajani brings a wrenching, deeply personal perspective to the account of these women\'s lives, and offers a nuanced understanding of the global context within which African Women are entering the Drug Trade in ever-increasing numbers.
A leading expert on Women and organized crime, Asale Angel-Ajani spent years interviewing these Women in Italy\'s notorious Rebibbia Prison--and gained unprecedented access into the narcotics trade.
Strange Trade tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian Drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and Drug cartel boss
