"Efforts to face & redress historic wrongs are rarely simple, rapid, uncontested, or complete. 17 years after the end of apartheid, the South African government in March unveiled a special court to fast-track the redistribution of land stolen from Black South Africans; some white farmers worry it could threaten their livelihood.
But as fraught and imperfect as efforts at historical justice can be, it is worth considering what happens when they do not occur…"