A human being died that night

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela First published 2003

About this book

"Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads, is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in South Africa served as a psychologist on that country's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

As this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "Prime Evil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human.".

"Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allows us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?"--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

  • 363.2/092 b
  • biography
  • death squads
  • death squads--south africa
  • de kock, eugene
  • human rights
  • human rights, south africa
  • human rights--south africa
  • hv7911.d439 g63 2003
  • police
  • police, africa
  • police, biography
  • police--south africa--biography
  • political aspects
  • political aspects of reconciliation
  • political persecution
  • political persecution--south africa
  • political violence
  • political violence--south africa
  • reconciliation
  • reconciliation--political aspects
  • reconciliation--political aspects--south africa
  • torture
  • torture--south africa