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A Human Being Died that Night
A Human Being Died that Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid | Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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A clinical psychologist and member of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission describes how she met in a maximum security prision with Eugene de Kock, "Dr. Death," the notorious commander of apartheid death squads.
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I‘ve DNF‘ed the last three books I‘ve started and am now working my way slowly through A Human Being Died That Night. It‘s fascinating and heartbreaking and I can only read a few pages at a time. What are you all reading this week?

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Haven‘t found much time for reading this weekend — we‘ve had friends visiting since Friday night. But this morning I have a few hours by myself 🤗

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A clinical psychologist, a person who served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, a black woman, a human being. It is from all these perspectives that Gobodo-Madikizela writes this book which is ultimately a book about how people move forward after overwhelming atrocities. I suspect much of what she said will stay with me for a very long time.

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