A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
While working for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Committee, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela interviewed former police colonel Eugene De Cock, who commanded a unit believed to have killed a number of anti-apartheid activists. De Cock was charged with, among other crimes against humanity, six murders and sentenced to 212 years in prison. A Human Being Died That Night is about the complexities of post-apartheid South Africa and sees a white man exploring his psyche with a member of the race he tried to annihilate.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela was born in Langa Township in Cape Town. As a clinical psychologist, she served with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission between 1996 and 1998.She is now a professor of psychology at the University of Cape Town and lectures internationally on issues of reconciliation and forgiveness.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846270536 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846270537 |
| Title | A Human Being Died That Night |
| Author | Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2006-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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