Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made A Nation
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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 togetherAfter being ... The New York Times - Bill Keller This wonderful book describes Mandela's methodical, improbable and brilliant campaign to reconcile resentful blacks and fearful whites around a sporting event, a game of rugby…the premise that a single rugby game, even a championship game, could heal three centuries of racial division, dispelling accumulated terrors and hatreds in a magic Mandela moment, is romantic overstatement. South Africa is still a generation or two from racial reconciliation. But Carlin summons many witnesses, from ardent liberation firebrands to white racist bitter-enders, who testify that the 1995 championship match was a profoundly formative moment in the young country's move away from the threat of civil war. By the time Carlin is finished, you'll be inclined to grant him his poetic license.
Introduction 1Breakfast in Houghton 7The Minister of Justice 19Separate Amenities 37Bagging the CROC 49Different Planets 61Ayatollah Mandela 75The Tiger King 93The Mask 105The Bitter-Enders 121Romancing the General 133"Address Their Hearts" 145The Captain and the President 159Springbok Serenade 171Silvermine 183Doubting Thomases 191The Number Six Jersey 201"Nelson! Nelson!" 213Blood in the Throat 227Love Thine Enemy 241Epilogue 255Where are They Now? 259Acknowledgments 263A Note on Sources 265Index 267
