Country of My Skull

The narrative is often traumatic, vivid, and provocative. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled.

It can be summed up with, "The victims ask the hardest of all the questions: How is it possible that the person I loved so much lit no spark of humanity in you?" But how could this country--one of spectacular beauty and promise--come to terms with its ugly past? Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Senzeni na... As much as this was an important book for me and for anyone interested in the process of reconciliation to read, I struggled with the somewhat artistic or poetic presentation (which, I hate to say, just seemed kind of disorganized and hard to follow). I didn't appreciate the insertion of poetry into prose or, even worse, testimony, without any demarcation, and I was frustrated by long bits of dialogue without anything identifying who was speaking. Heads up that this is a highly graphic novel about torture that at times I had to put down and walk away from for a bit.

The country, which had been carved into a crazy quilt that reserved the most prosperous areas for whites and the most desolate and backward for blacks, was reunited. I also appreciated the author's very personal admissions and reactions, even when they were unfavorable. Krog grew up on a farm, attending primary and secondary school in Kroonstad. If anything I take from this book an incredible dountry for the difficulty of the reconciliation process, the fragile state of politics in post-Apartheid South Africa, and the gray moral areas created by the ANC as it made the transition from fighting to governing. This book was very difficult to read at times, given the verbatim testimony from both victims and perpetrators. The book was originally published in 1998 when the average person outside of South Africa presumably had far more knowledge on the TRC. Though the book tells the stories of those most harmed by Apartheid, you also get to hear Krog grapple with her own guilt and her struggle to move forward as an ally.This book is a compilation of testimony from south Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 1973 she earned a BA (Hons) degree in English from the University of the Orange Free State, and an MA in Afrikaans from the University of Pretoria in 1976. How could its people, whom the oppressive white government had pitted against one another, live side by side as friends and neighbors?Antjie Krog was born in Kroonstad, South Africa. My favorite class in college focused on comparative race and ethnic relations in the US, South Africa, and Brazil. by Broadway Books country of my skull Download country of my skull or read online books in PDF, EPUB, Tuebl, and Mobi Format. This novel was organized differently than the documentary Long Night’s Journey into Day, the film focused on specific well-known individuals and followed their stories from beginning to end before moving on to a new case, while this novel moved chronologically. Truth and Reconciliation Commission., Apartheid -- South Africa., Political violence -- South Africa., South Africa -- Race relations., South Africa -- Ethnic relations. She weaves together individual stories from the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions to create a single narrative of the entire commission, she includes pieces on the physical and emotional toll working on the TRC tooCountry of My Skull by Antjie Krog is a non-fiction book that tries to provide a holistic account of her experience at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa. Krog does a magnificent job of meditating on the form and function of words - words exchanged in conversation, in testimony, in poetry, in official reports - and all while stretching the utility of each word she chooses for herself, to tell this particular story, of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission trying to heal a nation through speech.Wasn't really crazy about this book. It thrusts me as a white South African into the sins of our fathers - ALL of our fathers - and reminds me, yet again, of the fragility of our beautiful people. Repressive laws mandating separation of the races were thrown out. She has published eight volumes of poetry. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. It thrusts me as a white South African into the sins of our fathers - ALL of our fathers - and reminds me, yet again, of the fragility of our beautiful people. But how could this country–one of spectacular beauty and promise–come to terms with its ugly past? I was really nervous and awkward when I asked her to sign my book, though.

The book that will continue to write itself into so many aspects of South African life.Make no mistake, this book is not about the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa, it's not about the victims of Apartheid and it's certainly not about "the New South Africa".

country_of_my_skull • 3 points • submitted 8 months ago.

Her first prose work, Account of a Murder, was published in 1995. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled.