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Mandela and the General
Mandela and the General | John Carlin
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Will the freedom struggle end in a bloodbath? Only two men can avert it. . . . Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid hero and first leader of the new South Africa, is an international symbol of the power of a popular movement to fight structural racism. But that nonviolent struggle for equality and justice very nearly spiraled into an all-out race war that would have only ended in "the peace of graveyards." As the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African blacks poised to take power, the nation's whites fear reprisal. White nationalist militias claiming 50,000 well-armed former soldiers stand ready to fight to the death to defend their cause. They need someone who can lead and unite them. That man is General Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa's military. Mandela knows that he can't avert a bloodbath on his own. He will have to count on his archenemy. Throughout those historic months, the two men meet in secret. Can they trust each other? Can they keep their followers and radical fringe elements from acts of violence? The mettle of these two men will determine the future of a nation. The drama of this contest and the history that pivoted on it comes vividly to life in visual form. Veteran journalist John Carlin teams up with artist Oriol Malet to create a historically and artistically rich graphic novel with obvious relevance to today's polarized politics.
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WanderingBookaneer
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Mandela and the General | John Carlin
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This book shows the escalating violence in South Africa after Mandela was released from prison.

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tome.fries
tome.fries
Mandela and the General | John Carlin
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This graphic novel is absolutely beautiful. It's a great intro into the world of racism and the end of the apartheid in South Africa. It gives hope especially today. The world needs more men like Nelson Mandela.

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DGRachel
DGRachel
Mandela and the General | John Carlin
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I wanted more. This is a very brief, high-level history of the end of apartheid in South Africa, based primarily on an interview the author conducted with General Constand Viljoen. Not a fan of the artwork and I wanted more depth and detail on the events in South Africa in the early 1990s. Longer review on my blog: https://wp.me/pKWKW-51

Thanks to LibraryThing and the publisher for the free copy.

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Happy news in my email today. Looking forward to receiving and reading this!

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Kathrin
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Mandela and the General | John Carlin
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This book fills a gap by covering a crucial time in South Africa leading up to the first free elections in 1994 with the account of General Viljoen, an Afrikaaner who lead an opposition party. The story sheds light on the genius that was Mandela and how he used his knowledge of people and culture to pursue a path that lead to freedom and peace.

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There is a giveaway on GR for this book right now.

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I read Mandela‘s autobiography, A Long Walk to Freedom, earlier this year &this graphic novel is a great supplemental piece. This takes place after Mandela was released from prison when General Viljoen led white nationalists against the new changes coming about. Eventually they meet which led to the first all S. African elections being held peacefully.

I loved reading this in GN format &highly recommend!

#netgalley #arc #graphicnovel #history

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