A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
by Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618446591
- ISBN 13
- 9780618446599
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Diatrope Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32306
- Title
- A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
- Author
- Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618446591
- ISBN 13
- 9780618446599
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- South Africa, Africa, Race, Sociology, Psychology, Apartheid, Human Rights, Law, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
- X weight
- 7 oz
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