Reconciliation Through Truth: Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance: No. 74 (Mayibuye History & Literature S.) - Hardcover
Synopsis
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 oppressiveness. The authors seeks to demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the forthcoming efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.
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Review
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
About the Author
Kader Asmal was exited in Ireland for 27 years, where he taught law and became Dean of the Faculty of Arts (Humanities) at Trinity College, Dublin. Formerly professor at the University of the Western Cape and an ANC negotiator in the South African transition to democracy, he is now a Cabinet Minister in Nelson Mandela's government.
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