Reconciliation Through Truth: A Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance - Softcover

Kader Asmal; Louise Asmal; Ronald Suresh Roberts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852558023 ISBN 13: 9780852558027

Publisher: James Currey, 1997

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 oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission. Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future. North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip

About this title

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.

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

Edition details

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852558023
• ISBN 13: 9780852558027
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240