Narrating Political Reconciliation advances a distinctive discourse analysis of South Africa's reconciliation process by enquiring into the politics of the foll

Hannah Arendt argued that the “political” is best understood as a power relation between private and public realms, and that storytelling is a vital bridge

Personal narratives have become one of the most potent vehicles for advancing human rights claims across the world. These two contemporary domains, personal nar

"Of the truth commissions to date, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has most effectively captured public attention throughout the wor

Since the end of the Cold War, the concept of reconciliation has emerged as a central term of political discourse within societies divided by a history of polit