Nelson Mandela Foundation

A series of interviews with Ariel Dorfman, speaker at the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

August 30, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 31, 2010, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.

His talk entitled: “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile. Dorfman drew parallels with experiences shared by Nelson Mandela and South Africa as a whole during and after apartheid.

Video of the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

July 31, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered a thought-provoking lecture, the eighth in the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture series, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.

His talk, entitled, “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile, drawing parallels with those of Nelson Mandela, and of South Africa as a whole, during and after apartheid.

Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture: Ariel Dorfman talks about memory, justice and reconciliation

July 31, 2010 – Critically acclaimed Chilean-American author, writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.