Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
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1955 –
Who is Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela?
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a senior research professor in trauma, memory and forgiveness at the University of the Free State in South Africa. She graduated from Fort Hare University with a Bachelor’s degree and an Honours degree in psychology. She obtained her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at Rhodes University. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Cape Town. Her doctoral thesis entitled Legacies of violence: An in-depth analysis of two case studies based on interviews with perpetrators of a “necklace” murder and with Eugene de Kock offers a perspective that integrates psychoanalytic and social psychological concepts to understand extreme forms of violence committed during the apartheid era. Her main interests are traumatic memories in the aftermath of political conflict, post-conflict reconciliation, empathy, forgiveness, psychoanalysis and Intersubjectivity. She served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She currently works at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein as a senior research professor.
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- Born
- 1955
South Africa - Nationality
- South Africa
- Education
- University of Cape Town
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on July 23, 2013
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