Commissioning the past
Subtitle: understanding South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
By: [edited by Deborah Posel and Graeme Simpson].
Contributors: Posel, Deborah.; Simpson, Graeme, 1959-
Publisher: Witwatersrand University Press; Distributed by Thorold's Africana Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa.; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Description: This work includes the uncensored voices of survivors of human rights abuses who testified before South Africa's Truth and Reconcilation Commission and in whose name the hearings were undertaken. The views of three groups with different perspectives are reported: academic scholars, commissioners and researchers and people who related stories of victimization perpetrated on themselves or a family member. The emerging dialogue between "outsiders" and "insiders, " and between national, local, and individual experiences is a distinguishing feature of the book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.