Amy Biehl

Amy Biehl
Born
Amy Elizabeth Biehl

(1967-04-27)April 27, 1967
DiedAugust 25, 1993(1993-08-25) (aged 26)
Cause of deathStabbing, stoning
Alma materStanford University
OccupationScholar
Parent(s)Linda Biehl
Peter Biehl
Amy Biehl Foundation Trust, Gugulethu

Amy Elizabeth Biehl (April 26, 1967 – August 25, 1993) was a Fulbright Scholar and American graduate of Stanford University and an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa who was murdered by a black mob shouting anti-white slurs at her in Cape Town.[1] The four men convicted of her murder were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Background

Biehl, who was of German descent, was a student at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town as a scholar in the Fulbright Program.[2]: 71 

Death

As she drove three friends home to the township of Gugulethu, outside Cape Town, on August 25, 1993, a mob pulled her from the car and stabbed and stoned her to death.[1][3] The attack on the car driven by her was one of many incidents of general lawlessness on the N2 highway that afternoon. Bands of toyi-toying youths threw stones at delivery vehicles and cars driven by white people. One delivery vehicle was toppled over and set alight, and only the arrival of the police prevented more damage. There was evidence that some of the possessions belonging to her and the passengers were stolen.[4]

Four people were convicted of killing her.[5]: 17–18 

Pardons

In 1998, all were pardoned by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, when they stated that their actions had been politically motivated.[2]: 71 

Biehl's family supported the release of the men.[2]: 71  Her father shook their hands and stated,

The most important vehicle of reconciliation is open and honest dialogue... we are here to reconcile a human life [that] was taken without an opportunity for dialogue. When we are finished with this process we must move forward with linked arms.[6]

Legacy

In 1994, Biehl's parents, Linda and Peter, founded the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust to develop and empower youth in the townships, in order to discourage further violence.[5]: 17–18  Two of the men who had been convicted of her murder worked for the foundation as part of its programs.[5]: 17–18  In 1999, Biehl's parents were honored with the Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award.[7]

In his speech accepting the Congressional Gold Medal on 23 September 1998, Nelson Mandela said:

Among those we remember today is young Amy Biehl. She made our aspirations her own and lost her life in the turmoil of our transition, as the new South Africa struggled to be born in the dying moments of apartheid. Through her, our peoples have also shared the pain of confronting a terrible past, as we take the path towards the reconciliation and healing of our nation.[8]

On August 25, 2010, on the 17th anniversary of Biehl's death, a bronze plaque mounted on a stone was unveiled by the U.S. Ambassador, Donald Gips, and Biehl's mother, Linda Biehl, at the Cape Town site where she was killed.[9]

The novel Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona refers to Amy Biehl's death from the perspective of the mother of one of Biehl's killers.[10][11]

August 25, 2013, marked the 20th anniversary of Amy Biehl's death and a ceremony was held at the Cape Town site where she was killed in Gugulethu.[12]

Amy Biehl High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico is named in her honor. Amy Biehl Community School at Rancho Viejo in Santa Fe, New Mexico is also named after her.[13]

Amy Biehl is an after school program discovered shortly after Amy's death hosted at a local primary school, as to honour her.

Biehl's uncle was teacher Dale Shewalter.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Amy Biehl Was a Casualty of the System". Los Angeles Times. 27 January 1994. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. ^ a b c Graybill, Lyn S. (2002). Truth and reconciliation in South Africa : miracle or model?. Boulder [u.a.]: Rienner. ISBN 158826081X.
  3. ^ "Parents of slain Fulbright scholar embrace her cause in South Africa". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Statement By The Truth And Reconciliation Commission On Amnesty Arising From Killing Of Amy Biehl". Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b c R. Pressler; J.S. Saner; I. Wasserfall (2009). FCS Criminal Justice Structures and Mandates L3. Cape Town: Pearson Education. ISBN 978-1-77025-354-4.
  6. ^ Peacemaker Hero: Amy Biehl
  7. ^ "Annual Awards Dinner". Death Penalty Focus. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  8. ^ Nelson Mandela. "Speech Accepting the Congressional Gold Medal"
  9. ^ "Memorial to Amy Biehl unveiled in South Africa" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, United States Diplomatic Mission to South Africa.
  10. ^ "Mother to Mother CL".
  11. ^ "Mother to Mother". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  12. ^ Maditla, Neo (26 August 2013). ""My daughter didn't want to be famous"". Cape Argus. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Amy Biehl High School: Our History" Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Obituary". The Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois. January 9, 2000. p. 143.

Further reading

Gish, Steven D. (2018). Amy Biehl’s Last Home: A Bright Life, a Tragic Death, and a Journey of Reconciliation in South Africa (First ed.). Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-2321-9.

Magona, Sindiwe (1999). Mother to mother (First ed.). Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-0948-2. OCLC 41096205.

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