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AFTER CERTAINTY

Person

Mahmood Mamdani

Political theorist critiquing South Africa's TRC tradeoffs between amnesty, justice, and nation-building.

Why this matters

Mamdani pressures reconciliation narratives that risk insulating perpetrators from accountability.

Focus in observatory

Works

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Amnesty or Impunity? A Preliminary Critique of the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC)

Mamdani, Mahmood. "Amnesty or Impunity? A Preliminary Critique of the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC)." *Diacritics* 32, no. 3/4 (2002): 33-59.

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