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Author/Creator:Gish, Steven, 1963- author.
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Title:Amy Biehl's last home : a bright life, a tragic death, and a journey of reconciliation in South Africa / Steven D. Gish.
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ISBN:9780821423219
0821423215
9780821446348
0821446347
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Publication:Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
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Physical Description:xvii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Summary:In 1993, white American Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was killed in a racially motivated attack near Cape Town after working to promote democracy and women's rights in South Africa. The ironic circumstances of her death generated enormous international publicity and yielded one of South Africa's most heralded stories of postapartheid reconciliation.
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:Complete determination -- To Washington and beyond -- Into South Africa -- Year of the great storm -- Gugulethu -- "Comrades come in all colors" -- The Amy phenomenon -- "Welcome to the struggle, family" -- Time of trials -- Laying a new foundation -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Amnesty -- Mr. and Mrs. Amy Biehl -- Makhulu -- The legacy lives on.
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Subjects:Biehl, Amy--Death and burial.
Amy Biehl Foundation.
South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Reconciliation--Political aspects--South Africa.
Murder--Political aspects--South Africa--Cape Town.
Political activists--Crimes against--South Africa.
South Africa--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13666946