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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Van der Leun, Justine.     Subjects     Biehl, Amy -- Death and burial.     South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.     Murder -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town.     Anti-apartheid activists -- Crimes against -- South Africa.     Fulbright scholars -- Crimes against -- South Africa.     South Africa -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.     Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Social conditions -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Van der Leun, Justine.       by title:      We are not such thin...       by call number:      305.800968 V228w     Search the Web     Van der Leun, Justine.     Biehl, Amy -- Death and burial.     South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.     Murder -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town.     Anti-apartheid activists -- Crimes against -- South Africa.     Fulbright scholars -- Crimes against -- South Africa.     South Africa -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.     Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Social conditions -- History.       MARC Display

We are not such things : the murder of a young American, a South African township, and the search for truth and reconciliation / Justine van der Leun. by Van der Leun, Justine. Spiegel & Grau, [2016] Call #: 305.800968 V228w Subjects Biehl, Amy -- Death and burial.   South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.   Murder -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town.   Anti-apartheid activists -- Crimes against -- South Africa.   Fulbright scholars -- Crimes against -- South Africa.   South Africa -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.   Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Social conditions -- History. ISBN:  9780812994506 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  528 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Summary:  Recounts the story of a young American anti-apartheid activist and Fulbright scholar who was murdered by black residents of Cape Town, who ultimately were granted amnesty and worked with the woman's parents to create an educational foundation for justice. "Twenty-six-year-old white American Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was brutally murdered on August 25, 1993, during the final, fiery days of apartheid by a mob of young black men in a township outside Cape Town. Her parents' forgiveness of two of her killers became a symbol of the Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa. But as Journalist Justine van der Leun delved into the case, the prevailing narrative started to unravel. Why didn't the eyewitness reports agree on who killed Amy Biehl? Were the men convicted of the murder actually responsible for her death? And then van der Leun stumbled upon another brutal crime committed on the same day, in the very same area. The true story of Amy Biehl's death, it turned out, was not only a story of forgiveness but a reflection of the complicated history of a troubled country. A strange, knotted tale of injustice, violence, and compassion. The story reveals how reconciliation is impossible without an acknowledgment of the past--a lesson as relevant to America today as to a South Africa still struggling with the long shadow of its history"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.800968 V228w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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