Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation
Title:
Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation
Author:
Carlin, John, 1956-
ISBN:
9780143117155
Publication Information:
New York [etc.] : Penguin Books, 2009
Physical Description:
274 p. ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
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 in a hard-won, enduring bond
Subject:
| Mandela, Nelson, 1918- |
| Springboks (Rugby team) |
| World Cup (Rugby football) |
| Nationalism and sports -- South Africa |
| Rugby Union football -- Political aspects -- South Africa |
| Sports |
Summary:
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 in a hard-won, enduring bond