Title Amy Biehl's last home : a bright life, a tragic death, and a journey of reconciliation in South Africa / Steven D. Gish

Published [Place of publication not identified] Ohio University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1: Complete Determination; 2: To Washington and Beyond; 3: Into South Africa; 4: Year of the Great Storm; Gallery 1; 5: Gugulethu; 6: "Comrades Come in All Colors"; 7: The Amy Phenomenon; Part II; 8: "Welcome to the Struggle, Family"; 9: Time of Trials; Gallery 2; 10: Laying a New Foundation; 11: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 12: Amnesty; 13: Mr. and Mrs. Amy Biehl; 14: Makhulu; Gallery 3; 15: The Legacy Lives On; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Biehl, Amy -- Death and burial SUBJECT Biehl, Amy -- Death and burial Biehl, Amy fast Subject Amy Biehl Foundation. South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. SUBJECT Amy Biehl Foundation fast South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission fast Subject Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa Murder -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town Political activists -- Crimes against -- South Africa SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Death and burial of a person Politics and government Race relations -- Political aspects Reconciliation -- Political aspects SUBJECT South Africa -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489 Subject South Africa South Africa -- Cape Town Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780821446348 0821446347

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