Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction Mamadou Diawara, Bernard Lategan and Jörn Rüsen
From an African Perspective
Chapter 2. Social Theory and Making Sense of Africa Elisio Macamo
Chapter 3. History by Word of Mouth: Linking Past and Present through Oral Memory Annekie Joubert
Chapter 4. The Historical Memory and Representation of New Nations in Africa Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Chapter 5. Memory, History and Historiography of Congo-Zaïre Justin Bisanswa
Chapter 6. Remembering the Past, Reaching for the Future Aspects of African Historical Memory in an International Context Mamadou Diawara
Chapter 7. Remembering Conflict: The Centenary Commemoration of the South African War of 1899-1902 as a Case Study Albert Grundlingh
Chapter 8. From Public History to Private Enterprise: The Politics of Memory in the New South Africa Patrick Harries
Chapter 9. Remembering with the Future in Mind Bernard Lategan
From an Intercultural Perspective
Chapter 10. Holocaust Experience and Historical Sense Generation – a German Perspective Jörn Rüsen
Chapter 11. Ayodya, Memory, Myth: Futurising the Past – an Indian perspective Ranjan Gosh
Chapter 12. Human Suffering and Forgiveness: A dialogue with Kim Dae Jung – an East-Asian perspective Han Sing-Jin
Texts from the Praxis of Memory, Trauma, Forgiveness and Healing
Chapter 13. Remorse, Forgiveness and Rehumanization: Stories from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Chapter 14. Healing from Auschwitz and Mengele's Experiments Eva Mozes Kor
Notes on Contributors