Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa by Antjie Krog, Luke Mitchell, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa

Antjie Krog, Luke Mitchell, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

432 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 apar...

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