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Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
by John Carlin
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was a brief history of race relations in South Africa, a biography of Nelson Mandela, and a recounting of the 1995 Rugby World Cup all in one.
This book let us see a little bit of what went on behind the scenes in the creation of the myths, both of Mandela and the 1995 RWC. By the time that Kobus Wiese says to Balie Swart, in the scrum in the semifinal against France, "You can go forward, you can go up, you can go down or you can go under. But you're not going back!" Carlin has made sure that we understand exactly what is at stake and what those words mean in a greater context.
I wish that I could have heard Swart, Wiese, and Hannes Strydom sing Nkosi sikelele. Anne Munnik, who taught the team to sing, described their rendition of the anthem to Carlin thus: "And then they began, like three giant choirboys, softly at first, rising, rising to the high notes..."
This book let us see a little bit of what went on behind the scenes in the creation of the myths, both of Mandela and the 1995 RWC. By the time that Kobus Wiese says to Balie Swart, in the scrum in the semifinal against France, "You can go forward, you can go up, you can go down or you can go under. But you're not going back!" Carlin has made sure that we understand exactly what is at stake and what those words mean in a greater context.
I wish that I could have heard Swart, Wiese, and Hannes Strydom sing Nkosi sikelele. Anne Munnik, who taught the team to sing, described their rendition of the anthem to Carlin thus: "And then they began, like three giant choirboys, softly at first, rising, rising to the high notes..."