Playing the Enemy
Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation. Penguin Books, 2008.
A brief summary of Playing the Enemy
The true story of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and subsequent rise to power among an apartheid nation on the brink of civil war, and the rugby game that brought everyone together.
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Politicians • teachers • students • historians • civil rights activists • sports fans
About the author of Playing the Enemy
John Carlin is a British sportswriter and political journalist. From 1989-1995 he served as the South African bureau chief for British newspaper The Independent. His work extends to Spanish-language newspapers such as La Vanguardia, Clarín, and El País, where he was a senior international writer. Carlin is the recipient of the 2000 Spanish Ortega y Gasset Award for journalism.
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