There Was This Goat: Investigating the Truth Commission Testimony of Notrose Nobomvu Konile - Couverture souple

Krog, Antjie; Mpolweni, Nosisi; Ratele, Kopano

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1869141660 ISBN 13 : 9781869141660

Editeur : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2009

Synopsis

On 23 April, 1996, Notrose Nobomvu Konile lifted her hand and swore to tell the truth to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She was the mother of Zabonke Konile, a young man killed in what has become known as the Gugulethu Seven incident. Antjie Krog, reporting as a journalist at the time, was struck by the seeming incoherence of the testimony and, in 2004, colleagues Nosisi Mpolweni and Kopano Ratele joined Krog in a closer investigation of Mrs Konile's words. The resulting three-year collaboration, drawing on different disciplinary and social backgrounds, has produced a fascinating account that leaves no detail of Mrs Konile's narrative unexplored and poses questions about the unacknowledged assumptions that underpin research in this country. In addition, the book sheds light on the larger and highly relevant issues of how black and white South Africans can build bridges towards understanding one another across the cultural, social and economic divides that threaten our democracy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ANTJIE KROG is a poet, journalist and extraordinary professor at the University of the Western Cape. NOSISI MPOLWENI is a lecturer in the Xhosa Department at the University of the Western Cape. KOPANO RATELE is a professor in the Institute for Social and Health Sciences at UNISA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1869141660
• ISBN 13: 9781869141660
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible