South Africa: Terror, Fear, and Reconciliation | February 22, 2006
Musical Introduction
John MacDonald
Composer; Pianist; Associate Professor of Music, Tufts University;
His compositions have been performed on four continents, and his work
is frequently featured in the US, by such ensembles as Alea III, Arden
Quartet, Boston Composers String Quartet, Hartt Contemporary Players,
Marimolin, Rivers Trio, and Duo 101
Art Slide Presentation on Resistance and Renewal
Kim Berman
South African Artist; Founder, Artist Proof Studio, Paper Prayers
Campaign, and Phumani Paper; Her work has been exhibited throughout Europe
and North America and her specific work concerned with the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission was selected to hang in the Constitutional
Court in South Africa; Recipient, 2006 EPIIC Distinguished Alumni Award
(EPIIC ’86, Tufts MFA ’89)
Paul Stopforth
South African Artist; Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University; Former
Artist-in-Residence, Robben Island, South Africa
Panel Discussion:
Hentie Botha
Former Lt. Col, with 25 years service in theSouth African Police,
of which 21 years was within the Security and Crime Intelligence environment;
former commander of a small intelligence unit with special focus on the
African National Congress's military wing, Mkhonto we Sizwe; Founder;
GlobalStrategic Initiatives
Aboobaker Ismail
Former Commander of Special Operations, Member of the Military High
Command, and Chief of Ordnance, Umkhonto weSizwe, African National Congress;
Former Chief of Policy and Planning, Department of Defence, South Africa;
General Manager and Head of Department, Currency and Protection Services;
South African Reserve Bank
Roelf Meyer
Chairman, Civil Society Initiative, South Africa; former Minister
of Defence and Minister of Constitutional Affairs, South Africa (during
both the De Klerk and Mandela presidencies); Chief Negotiator, National
Party, talks to end apartheid
Mqondisi Ngadlela
Station Commissioner, South African Police Service; Mason Fellow
at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Benjamin Pogrund
Former Deputy Editor, The Rand Daily Mail, South Africa; Author,
Sobukwe and Apartheid; donated the Benjamin Pogrund Papers to Yale University,
which documents prison conditions in South Africa, the South African
Communist Party, the Rand Daily Mail, the South African Coloured National
Convention, the South African press, and many other organizations and
individuals who worked to subvert apartheid
Introduction and Presentation of Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award
Seth Rosenberg, EPIIC Colloquium Member
Shanti Sattler
Junior, Tufts University; conducted research with Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
in South Africa on the reintegration of perpetrators into South African
society (EPIIC’05)
Moderators
Lauren Kari and Emily Mangone, EPIIC Colloquium Members