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 PROFILE:

NAME: TITUS SHANGADI

AGE: 43

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: NAMIBIA    

HISTORY: VIOLENT GANG MEMBER

MY PAST: I grew up in a rural village in the Ohangwena region of norther Namibia. People in my village were beaten and killed during the war that was fought in this region during the 1980's. In my village, a boy was considered manly only if he was good fighter and could beat up other boys. So I learned to fight!

When I completed school, I went to live with my uncle in the coastal town of Swakopmund. Soon after my arrival, I joined a gang of rebellious young men. We would go to places in town where black men were not welcome, such as hotels and bars, just to provoke fights. On several occasions, we fought with security guards and the police. Every night I equipped myself with a sharp, long knife or a panga, a machete, to be readyt o attack anyone who got in my way. 

One night while fighting with a rival gang, I was almost killed. An opposing gang member came at me from behind and was about to chop my head off when a fellow gang member knocked him unconscious. Despite the brush with death, violence continued to rule my life. If I got into an argument with anyone, man or woman, I would always be the one to strike the first blow. 

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