A Country Unmasked: Inside South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Hardcover

Boraine, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195718054 ISBN 13: 9780195718058

Verlag: OUP Southern Africa, 2001

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"Alternate pages spark with the humanity, compassion and committment of a man who campaigned for the black majority in South Africa during the worst years."--Jeremy Vine, Sunday Herald"By showing how difficult it is to deal with atrocities after they occur, this book demonstrates how important it is to deter them....(Boraine's) book should be a valuable resource in that effort."--The New York Times Book Review "Alternate pages spark with the humanity, compassion and committment of a man who campaigned for the black majority in South Africa during the worst years."--Jeremy Vine, Sunday Herald "By showing how difficult it is to deal with atrocities after they occur, this book demonstrates how important it is to deter them....(Boraine's) book should be a valuable resource in that effort."--The New York Times Book Review "Alternate pages spark with the humanity, compassion and committment of a man who campaigned for the black majority in South Africa during the worst years."--Jeremy Vine, Sunday Herald "By showing how difficult it is to deal with atrocities after they occur, this book demonstrates how important it is to deter them....(Boraine's) book should be a valuable resource in that effort."--The New York Times Book Review "Alternate pages spark with the humanity, compassion and committment of a man who campaigned for the black majority in South Africa during the worst years."--Jeremy Vine, Sunday Herald"By showing how difficult it is to deal with atrocities after they occur, this book demonstrates how important it is to deter them....(Boraine's) book should be a valuable resource in that effort."--The New York Times Book Review

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This is Alex Boraine's account of South Africa's acclaimed Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was set up after the collapse of the apartheid regime. The TRC had the monumental task not only of uncovering decades of systematic human rights violations, but of doing so in a way that would help a very damaged nation to reconcile and move forward. Boaraine clearly sets out the process leading to the establishment of the TRC, describes the hearings at which victims and perpetrators testified about human rights violations, and considers reactions - inclusding criticisms - to the TRC and its final report. He analyses the key features that contributed to the Commission's success, and gives an honest assessment of some of its mistakes. This is also a personal story, giving insight into the feelings, disappointments, and rewards that the TRC's participants experienced. This book helps to elucidate and answer the many difficlut questions that were crucial to South Africa's TRC , and that need to be addressed by all people who are working with societies in transition.

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• Verlag: OUP Southern Africa
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195718054
• ISBN 13: 9780195718058
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 484