Please come, and please let others know: Verso and the Hue-Man Bookstore invite you to a reading with
DUMISA NTSEBEZA
Introduced by MAHMOOD MAMDANI, Director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University and prize-winning author.
On Thursday November 6th at 6.30 pm
Dumisa Ntsebeza, a former anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner and torture-victim, is one of South Africa's leading human rights lawyers, and was appointed by Mandela as a leading Commissioner on South Africa's famous Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His book, 'Unfinished Business: South Africa, Apartheid, and Truth', co-authored with journalist Terry Bell, charges that bungled cases and large-scale corruption in the Commission has meant that no serious examination of the horrific system of apartheid has been accomplished and many of its senior agents remain in place. The book probes far beyond the Commission's findings to provide a more comprehensive account of the rise and fall of apartheid, as well as its most horrific excesses, than has been available before. It warns of a fragile future for South Africa.
The book's publication in South Africa triggered class-action suits against major corporations and banks that not only benefited from the labor provided by apartheid but buttressed the system. Dumisa Nsebeza is in New York representing the victims of apartheid against these multinational corporations for reparations, and he will talk about the progress of these cases as well as the book on November 6th.
"A brilliant and important book that should be read by everybody interested in the truth behind the 'truth and reconciliation' hype of the new South Africa ... reveals the cover-ups and charades that allowed the shock-troops of apartheid to get away with a crime against humanity." - John Pilger
"The book will encroach on the comfort zone of many readers. It destabilizes several conventional wisdoms. It requires political and moral readjustments. It makes complacency impossible." - Colin Bundy, Director or the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Thursday, November 6th, 6.30 - 8.30 pm at Hue-Man Bookstore, Harlem's largest bookstore at 125th Street and 8th Avenue (Frederick Douglas Blvd.) Nearest subway stops A,C,2,3 at 125th Street.