A Human Being Died That Night
- A Human Being Died That Night
"A Human Being Died That Night" is a book that was written by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, and was published in 2003.
The book is Pumla's account of her interviews with state-sanctioned mass murderer Eugene De Kock from the time of apartheid in South Africa. These interviews are mixed in with stories of victims and criminals on both sides of the racial barrier that she met with during her time as a member of the Human Rights Violations Committee, a part of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The book focuses on her growing empathy for those pushed by a cruel system into losing their morality and becoming killers (killers from all races) and her attempt to understand what causes someone to be able to commit crimes against humanity, and is considered an examination of the broader impact of the Truth Commission process.
The book won the Alan Paton Award in 2004.
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