A Human Being Died That Night : A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela 2020-05-06 14:16:39
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@lt;DIV@gt;A Human Being Died That Night recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sancti... Read more
@lt;DIV@gt;A Human Being Died That Night recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid. Gobodo-Madikizela met with de Kock in Pretoria's maximum-security prison, where he is serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. In profoundly arresting scenes, Gobodo-Madikizela conveys her struggle with contradictory internal impulses to hold him accountable and to forgive. Ultimately, as she allows us to witness de Kock's extraordinary awakening of conscience, she illuminates the ways in which the encounter compelled her to redefine the value of remorse and the limits of forgiveness.@lt;/div@gt; Less
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  • 8.2x5.54x0.53inches
  • 193
  • Mariner Books
  • April 1, 2004
  • English
  • 9780618446599
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is Professor and holds the South African National Research Foundation Research Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma  in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sci...
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