For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced Apartheid’s rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. Now as it investigates the crimes of Apartheid, the Commission is bringing together victims and perpetrators to reveal South Africa’s brutal past in the hopes of paving the way to a peaceful future.
[Part of Apologies: Mourning the Past and Ameliorating the Present – the Thornton F. Bradshaw Seminar, February 7-10, 2002. Sponsored by the Centers for the Arts and Humanities, Claremont Graduate University and the Scripps College Humanities Institute.]
