n De Arte - Reconciliation : a review : views and (re)views

Abstract

'Reconciliation' follows in the footsteps of a flurry of celebratory affairs that began in 2004 in commemoration of South Africa's decade of democracy. The media has had a field day, and books and exhibitions galore have recently been devoted to the topical threesome: resistance, reconstruction and reconciliation. These terms now buoy about in the common pool of current affairs and popular culture, and while they may be gaining currency, an overriding concern is that they are in danger of losing their potency.