Counterpoint

Interview with Antjie Krog

WKNO | By Justin Willingham,

Published January 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM CST

Host Jonathan Judaken talks with South African poet and journalist Antjie Krog. Krog has established herself as one of South Africa's leading Afrikaans poets, later distinguishing herself as the lead radio reporter covering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her book, Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa, is one of the defining works on the meaning of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Originally Broadcast 14 November 2011.

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Justin Willingham

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