Author First name, Last name, Institution

Kenneth Christie, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

This article assess how the South African Truth Commission was embedded in politics of memory about the past and how these different versions of that past affected the outcomes of the TRC. It will emphasize the past as a negotiated political settlement, one wich would ultimately limit the TRC'S effect. It will also discuss how part of the role of a Truth Commission is to legitimize the transition of power and the new power strata while serving to de-legitimize the old apparatus of power.

ISSN

2011-4273

Publisher

Universidad de los Andes

Volume

4

First Page

101

Last Page

118

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series

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