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Verne Harris
Verne Harris heads the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s leadership and knowledge development processes. He was Mandela’s archivist from 2004 to 2013, is an adjunct professor at Nelson Mandela University, and participated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has authored or co-authored six books, the most recent one being Ghosts of Archive.
Measuring dignity in conditions of captivity
Opinion
/ 29 May 2026

Measuring dignity in conditions of captivity

Nakba Day invites all of us to think about belonging, about how we treat those who we think do not belong and about the importance of rules in the negotiation of spaces of belonging. Every 15 May the world marks Nakba Day, when mass displacement of Palestinians and the destruction of Palestinian life and homeland […]

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