AA 2015 Volume 47 Issue 1
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Intellectual traditions in South Africa. Ideas, individuals and institutions
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Between silence and speech: spectres and images in the aftermath of the Reign of Terror
(University of the Free State, 2015)The study of responses to mass atrocities is overwhelmingly focused on the present; yet societies in the past also had to deal with the difficulties that arise in the aftermath of such events. This article examines one ... -
‘We have moved on’: human rights and intersubjectivity in post- 2007/2008 violence in Kenya
(University of the Free State, 2015)In September 2010, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Moreno Ocampo, issued summons against six Kenyans suspected of bearing the greatest responsibility for crimes against humanity committed in Kenya after the ... -
‘Just another riot in India’: remembering the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
(University of the Free State, 2015)In this article,1 I aim to problematize the ‘riots’ label that defines the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Focused in, though not limited to Delhi, the pogrom included the ... -
Death, denial and dissidents: white commercial farmers’ discursive responses to mass violence in Zimbabwe, 1970-1980
(University of the Free State, 2015)This article investigates how white farmers in Zimbabwe reacted to two violent episodes in Zimbabwe’s recent history: the liberation war in the 1970s and the violence of Gukurahundi in the 1980s. The foregrounding of ... -
The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela
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What is telling “if telling is all there is?”
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Two modes of amnesia: complexity in postcolonial Namibia
(University of the Free State, 2015)Public commemoration of past atrocity, mass crime and particularly genocide has drawn attention both in the public realm and in scholarly debate, meeting general acceptance in recent years. However, the seeming opposite ... -
Against trauma: silence, victimhood, and (photo-)voice in northern Namibia
(University of the Free State, 2015)The article shows how the discourses of trauma, victimhood and silence regarding local agency contributed to the production of the nationalist master narrative in postcolonial Namibia. However, I point out repositories ... -
Catholic voices of the voiceless: the politics of reporting Rhodesian and Zimbabwean state violence in the 1970s and the early 1980s
(University of the Free State, 2015)Some of the worst atrocities of state violence perpetrated by the Rhodesian state were published and disseminated around the world in 1975 thanks to the Rhodesian Catholic Bishops’ and the Catholic Commission on Justice ... -
Silence after violence and the imperative to ‘speak out’
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Working on the thresholds of memory and silence: reflections on the praxis of the Legacies of Apartheid Wars Project
(University of the Free State, 2015)Just as stories about the past are constructed in particular ways, so too are silences about historical events. Silences about what happened in the past are catalysed by a range of factors including expedience, fear, ... -
SADF soldiers’ silences: institutional, consensual and strategic
(University of the Free State, 2015)This article treats silence as a collective phenomenon. Silence can be proscribed and enforced, socially conditioned and sanctioned, or voluntarily embraced. All forms were evident in the case of soldiers who served in ... -
Crying shame: war crimes, sexual violence, and the cost of ‘speaking out’
(University of the Free State, 2015)Retelling violence can heal. It can also hurt. Post-Second World War exigency silenced numerous victims of sexual violence. The legacy of this ‘silence’ and the brutality of the crimes remain divisive in Asia. Yet, when ... -
‘What is the use of talking-talking?’ Reflections on talking, silence, and resilience in Sierra Leone
(University of the Free State, 2015)When conducting research on how Sierra Leoneans dealt with the past of a civil war in their everyday lives, I often observed that my informants felt that talking about the war was no longer necessary, especially in public ... -
Afghanistan: gender, silence and memory
(University of the Free State, 2015)This article explores the juncture of gender and collecting memory in the context of Afghanistan and establishing accountability for past atrocities. After situating Afghan women in the context of past wars, it examines ...
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