Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report [Hardcover]

Truth and Reconcilation Commission of South Africa (Author), Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 1999 | ISBN-10: 1561592455 | ISBN-13: 978-1561592456

South's Africa's violent and complex history is chronicled in the five-volume Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report, a chilling record of the hearings that exposed atrocities perpetrated by the South African apartheid government and opposing parties over the thirty-four year period of 1960-1994. A guide to using the report, synopsis, glossary, table of key events, an index, and a fully searchable and networkable CD-ROM have been added to this edition, enhancing its value for educators and scholars.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Presented to President Nelson Mandela in October 1998, these 2,759 pages are part testimony, part background history, and part commission findings from the historic hearings on the apartheid era. In the interest of national healing, hundreds told their terrible stories, which are cited here in their entirety, along with the confessions of former perpetrators whose unspeakable abuses were absolved on condition of full disclosure. This tremendous national act of will and forgiveness makes for both chilling and inspiring reading. A landmark event. (LJ 6/15/99)
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[a] remarkable reference...Essential for major academic and public research libraries." Library Journal

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 3500 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (March 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561592455
• ISBN-13: 978-1561592456
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9.6 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 16.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,358,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Desmond Mpilo Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and was only the second black person ever to receive it. In 1986 he was elected archbishop of Cape Town, the highest position in the Anglican Church in South Africa. In 1994, after the end of apartheid and the election of Nelson Mandela, Tutu was appointed as chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate apartheid-era crimes. His policy of forgiveness and reconciliation has become an international example of conflict resolution, and a trusted method of postconflict reconstruction. He is currently the chair of The Elders, where he gives vocal defense of human rights and campaigns for the oppressed.