Strange Trade: The Story of Two Women Who Risked Everything in the International Drug TradeStrange 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. 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. 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. Strange Trade follows Pauline and Mary as they traverse three continents, survive wars, poverty, and shattered families, secure drug shipments, and commit murder. Angel-Ajani paints rich, intimate, and profoundly surprising portraits without glamorizing, sanitizing, or offering judgment. 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. |
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Contents
Prologue | 6 |
Chapter 1 | 8 |
Chapter 2 | 20 |
Chapter 3 | 29 |
Chapter 4 | 36 |
Chapter 5 | 40 |
Chapter 6 | 44 |
Chapter 7 | 51 |
Chapter 8 | 57 |
Chapter 9 | 63 |
Chapter 10 | 71 |
Chapter 11 | 76 |
Chapter 12 | 81 |
Chapter 13 | 86 |
Chapter 14 | 91 |
Chapter 15 | 99 |
Chapter 16 | 103 |
Chapter 17 | 111 |
Chapter 18 | 115 |
Chapter 19 | 121 |
Chapter 20 | 125 |
Chapter 21 | 130 |
Chapter 22 | 139 |
Chapter 23 | 145 |
Chapter 24 | 150 |
Chapter 25 | 156 |
Chapter 26 | 165 |
Chapter 27 | 169 |
Chapter 28 | 175 |
Chapter 29 | 178 |
Chapter 30 | 183 |
Chapter 31 | 192 |
Chapter 32 | 198 |
Chapter 33 | 203 |
Chapter 34 | 211 |
Chapter 35 | 215 |
Chapter 36 | 221 |
Chapter 37 | 225 |
Chapter 38 | 229 |
Chapter 39 | 236 |
Chapter 40 | 242 |
Chapter 41 | 249 |
Chapter 42 | 253 |
Chapter 43 | 262 |
Chapter 44 | 270 |
Chapter 45 | 278 |
Chapter 46 | 285 |
Chapter 47 | 295 |
Epilogue | 309 |
Authors Note | 319 |
Acknowledgments | 323 |
About the Author | 327 |
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Chapter 8 | 57 |
Chapter 9 | 63 |
Chapter 10 | 71 |
Chapter 11 | 76 |
Chapter 12 | 81 |
Chapter 13 | 86 |
Chapter 14 | 91 |
Chapter 15 | 99 |
Chapter 16 | 103 |
Chapter 17 | 111 |
Chapter 18 | 115 |
Chapter 19 | 121 |
Chapter 20 | 125 |
Chapter 21 | 130 |
Chapter 22 | 139 |
Chapter 23 | 145 |
Chapter 24 | 150 |
Chapter 25 | 156 |
Chapter 26 | 165 |
Chapter 27 | 169 |
Chapter 28 | 175 |
Chapter 29 | 178 |
Chapter 30 | 183 |
Chapter 31 | 192 |
Chapter 32 | 198 |
Chapter 33 | 203 |
Chapter 34 | 211 |
Chapter 35 | 215 |
Chapter 36 | 221 |
Chapter 37 | 225 |
Chapter 38 | 229 |
Chapter 39 | 236 |
Chapter 40 | 242 |
Chapter 41 | 249 |
Chapter 42 | 253 |
Chapter 43 | 262 |
Chapter 44 | 270 |
Chapter 45 | 278 |
Chapter 46 | 285 |
Chapter 47 | 295 |
Epilogue | 309 |
Authors Note | 319 |
Acknowledgments | 323 |
About the Author | 327 |
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