“I Saw a Nightmare…”
Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
by Helena Pohlandt-McCormick

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments Readers' Guide
Introduction The Narrative Official Stories The Participants Afrikaans Memory and Violence Final Thoughts Archive
Abbreviations Glossary

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Acknowledgments Readers' Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview Context of the 1990s Historiography of Soweto Methodology and Conceptualization Summary of Arguments

Essays

Sam Nzima, Story of a Photograph Layers of Meaning—Testimonies in Time

Chapter 2: The Narrative
A Winter Morning The Shooting Aftermath Conclusion

Police Narrative Press Narrative Cillié Commission Narrative

Essay

Soweto: History, Geography, Society
Chapter 3: Official Stories
Introduction Part 1: Commission of Inquiry (Cillié) Part 2: African National Congress (ANC) Part 3: Confronting Each Other: Cillié and ANC Part 4: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Conclusion

Essays

Beer Halls Winnie Mandela The Press as Witness The State and Legitimacy
Chapter 4: The Participants
Introduction Life Histories: Four Voices Shifting the Point of View Conclusion

Chapter 5: Afrikaans: Context and Factors
Perspectives on the Role of Afrikaans Precipitating Factor? Student Voices Conclusion

Essays

Setting the Stage Asingeni (We Will Not Enter) The Schools

Chapter 6: Memory and Violence
Introduction The Making of Memory The Dead The Disappeared The Wounded Conclusion

Chapter 7: Final Thoughts