Human Being Died That Night A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid

Name: Human Being Died That Night A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
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ISBN: 9780618446599

ISBN-10: 0618446591

ISBN-13: 9780618446599

Edition: 2003

Authors: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

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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…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.396

PUMLA GOBODO-MADIKIZELA served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of South Africa's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She lectures internationally on issues of reconciliation.




Scenes from Apartheid



An Encounter with "Prime Evil"



The Trigger Hand



The Evolution of Evil



The Language of Trauma



Apartheid of the Mind



"I Have No Hatred in My Heart"


Epilogue



A Short History of Apartheid


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index