The Aftermath of the Cassinga Massacre: Survivors, Deniers and Injustices Contributor(s): Shigwedha, Vilho Amukwaya (Author) |
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ISBN: 3905758806 ISBN-13: 9783905758801 Publisher: Basler Afrika Bibliographien OUR PRICE: $33.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - General - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
Series: Basel Namibia Studies |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.67 lbs) 186 pages |
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Publisher Description: It took the former South African Defence Force (SADF) less than four hours to kill more than eight hundred Namibian refugees at Cassinga on May 4, 1978. Thousands of survivors were left with irreparable physical and emotional injuries. The unhealed trauma of Cassinga, a Namibian civilian camp in southern Angola before the massacre, is beyond the worst that the victims of the attack experienced on the ground. Unacceptable layers of pain and suffering continue to grow and multiply as the victims' grievances and other issues arising out of the aftermath of the massacre have been ignored, particularly following Namibia's political independence.In this book, the afterlife of the victims' traumatic memories and their aspiration for justice vis-a-vis the perpetrators' enjoyment of blanket impunity from prosecution, in spite of their ongoing denial of killing and maiming innocent civilians at Cassinga, are explored with the aim to create public awareness about the unfortunate circumstances of the Cassinga victims. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shigwedha, Vilho Amukwaya: - Vilho Amukwaya Shigwedha obtained his PhD from the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town for this study. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Namibia in Windhoek. |