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How South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission reshaped racial boundaries post-apartheid

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  • Gautier
  • T.
  • Horta Sáenz
  • D.
  • Russo
  • G.

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Africa

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Thirty years after South Africa created its Truth and Reconciliation Commission, its legacy remains contested. New evidence shows why: the TRC helped bring Black South Africans closer together, but also deepened the divide between Black and White communities, with consequences for segregation and affirmative action.

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  • Thomas Gautier, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher

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