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The Killing of the Dogs

This story of organised around and imaginary organised dog killing in a South African township during the period of resistance to apartheid oppression.

Njabulo Ndebele Njabulo Ndebele

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A Forest of Memories: Trauma and the Biafran Identity in Post-colonial Nigeria

The Nigeria-Biafra War of 1967-1970 occasioned the Igbo pogrom and the lingering memory of starvation as a weapon of war.

Ngozika Obi-Ani Ngozika Obi-Ani

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Dealing with the Past (Historical memory)

Why do some individuals or societies transcend a divisive past and why do some remain prisoners of their own past?

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Limbo: A Novel

My aim is to work on a draft of a novel I’ve been writing for several years.

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Dealing with Trauma and Guilt in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Making Public Spaces Intimate

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. 2010. Dealing with Trauma and Guilt in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Making Public Spaces Intimate. Duke Universi...

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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