Imagining Justice: The Politics of Postcolonial Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Discourses Of Forgiveness And Reconciliation Have Emerged As Powerful Scripts For Interracial Negotiations In States Struggling With The Legacies Of Colonialism. While Such Discourses Can Obscure Or Even Perpetuate Existing Power Relations, They Can Also Encourage Remembrance, Reformulate Notions Of Justice, And Ultimately Bring About Social Transformation.