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International Journal of Transitional Justice Advance Access originally published online on January 18, 2009
International Journal of Transitional Justice 2009 3(1):150-152; doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijn042
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Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC Deliver? ed. Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo van der Merwe; Narrating Political Reconciliation: South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Claire Moon

Elin Skaar

Research Director, Rights, Democracy and Development, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. Email: elin.skaar@cmi.no

Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC Deliver? ed. Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo van der Merwe. University of Pennsylvania Press, January 2008, 360pp. ISBN: 9780812240597 – hardback ($69.95).

Narrating Political Reconciliation: South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Claire Moon. Lexington Books, November 2008, 188pp. ISBN: 9780739121276 – hardback ($60).

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The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is by far the most noted and praised truth commission in the world. It has served as a role model to many of the subsequent truth commissions set up worldwide, as well as inspired a vast bulk of scholarly literature. For those interested in the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa, or in truth commissions in general, two read-worthy books have appeared on the market that offer a much-needed sobering account of the TRC.

The edited volume by Audrey Chapman and Hugo van der Merwe is to my knowledge the most comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa. The authors argue that it is time to assess critically the TRC process, as well . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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