No future without forgiveness

By:

Tutu, Desmond

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Doubleday 1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 287 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780712604857

Subject(s):

South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission

DDC classification:

968.065TUT

Summary: The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on the profound wisdom he has gained by helping usher South Africa through this painful experience.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Biography	968.065TUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	UR007426

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The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the center of this unprecedented attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on the profound wisdom he has gained by helping usher South Africa through this painful experience.

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