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I believe more and more that as a man I owe it to herat least to try to understand what makes her a person, an individual,what defines her as a woman.

— André Brink The Other Side of Silence (2002)

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Uncovers the dark places into which we may fear to look.

The Other Side of Silence (2002)

Attempt to grasp, with the creative imagination, the past and its silences.

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Attempt new strategies which will convert previous defeats into victory.

The Other Side of Silence (2002)

Specific silences imposed by certain historical conjunctions.

The Other Side of Silence (2002)

Address two silences simultaneously: that created by the marginalization of women,and that effected by a (white-dominated) master-narrative of history.

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