Reconciliation Through Truth: A Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance - Softcover

Asmal, Kader; Asmal, Louise; Roberts, Ronald Suresh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852558023 ISBN 13: 9780852558027

Verlag: James Currey, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

With a Foreword by Nelson Mandela While depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission. Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future. North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books

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Blazingly honest, unafraid to be controversial, written with verve and elegance - this splendid book tackles the unexamined historical and political background without which we cannot say that we understand the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. - Nadine Gordimer

Reseña del editor

While depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.
Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future.

North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: James Currey
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0852558023
• ISBN 13: 9780852558027
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240