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Country of My Skull
Antjie Krog
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Description for Country of My Skull
Paperback. Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movements of the Truth Commission and beyond, into the heart of what it means to be a South African today. Originally published by Jonathan Cape. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; JFF; JFSL1; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
The first free elections in South Africa's history were held in 1994. Within a year legislation was drafted to create a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission to establish a picture of the gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993. It was to seek the truth and make it known to the public and to prevent these brutal events ever happening again. From 1996 and over the following two years South Africans were exposed almost daily to revelations about their traumatic past. Antije Krog's full account of the Commission's work using the testimonies of the oppressed and oppressors alike is ... Read more
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Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099289791
SKU
V9780099289791
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99-85
About Antjie Krog
Antjie Krog was born in 1952 in Kroonstad, a town in the Free State province of South Africa. She has published eight volumes of poetry, several of which have been translated into European languages and have won international prizes. Reporting as Antjie Samuel, the author and her SABC radio team received the Pringle Award for excellence in journalism ... Read more
Reviews for Country of My Skull
One of the best books of the year
The Economist
No one will tell us more about the struggle for the Afrikaner's soul; for this book, like the events it reports, is an act of redemption
Daily Telegraph
Krog's account of the hearings, which recorded 20,000 statements from victims and nearly 8,000 applications for amnesty, is ... Read more
The Economist
No one will tell us more about the struggle for the Afrikaner's soul; for this book, like the events it reports, is an act of redemption
Daily Telegraph
Krog's account of the hearings, which recorded 20,000 statements from victims and nearly 8,000 applications for amnesty, is ... Read more