Nicknamed ‘Prime Evil’, Eugene de Kock was apartheid’s chief murderer. Now a psychologist from the townships says it’s time to forgive him. She tells Rory Carroll why.
New York Times interview about A Human Being Died that Night – New York Times
By Rachel L. Swarns May 10, 2003 The black woman saw him whenever she thumbed through her newspapers or switched on the television: the tall white man with thick glasses. He was Eugene de Kock, a former colonel in the … Read More
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness – Los Angeles Public Library
In conversation with Louise Steinman A psychologist on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission asks, “What does it mean when we discover than the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?” In Conversation with Louise Steinman.
Interview in C-Span, Washington DC
Ms. Gobodo-Madikezela talked about her book A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black South African township, is the only psychologist to have … Read More
On Fresh Air with Teri Gross, National Public Radio, New York
Her new book is A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness. It’s about Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads. Gobodo-Madikizela served as a psychologist on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation … Read More
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