Playing the Enemy

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Nonfiction, Sports, Rugby, History, Africa, South Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: John Carlin ISBN: 9781440634246
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: August 14, 2008
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: John Carlin
ISBN: 9781440634246
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: August 14, 2008
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

The inspiration for the film INVICTUS, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.

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The inspiration for the film INVICTUS, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.

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