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- Country of My Skull is a 1998 nonfiction book by Antjie Krog about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It is based on Krog's experience as a radio reporter, covering the Commission from 1996 to 1998 for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
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Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Country of My Skull is a 1998 nonfiction book by Antjie Krog about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It is based on Krog's experience as a radio reporter, covering the Commission from 1996 to 1998 for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
- Antjie Krog
- 1998
Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled.
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- Antjie Krog
Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled.
- Antjie Krog
- Paperback
Krog's country of her skull is a landscape from which she feels herself barred, as a white South African, on account of her whiteness, on account of the name of her father. It is a landscape familiar from her childhood, the landscape of the fathers and the brothers; but she can never again enter it.
Oct 28, 2014 · However, the South African TRC may stand as one of the best efforts by an entire country to make a transition to a democracy. This book is a beautiful, living tribute to the effort. It is heart-breaking and honest, sometimes so painful you have to set it down in order to breathe.
For two years she travelled around the country with the TRC that was presided over by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, listening to ordinary people tell their stories of terror and torture.
