Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation | 
pick#BookedInTime @dabbe @Cuilin
South African apartheid
This is a very interesting read about the end of Apartheid. I learned so much. Mandela was a visionary. He took a revolution and expertly molded it with the goal to limit violence, ironically by using one of the most violent sports. It is hard to believe what Mandela was able to do, it honestly is such a movie moment
I enjoyed this book the writing was easy to digest
*Rugby was the opium of apartheid "
As someone in the US who has really gotten into rugby the last 2 years, and who quickly became a huge Springbok fan, this book has been super interesting.
One of the most popular Springbok player is a white man named Fif de Klerk I had to look up if he was related to the president who transferred power to Mandela (he is not).
I do wish there was more rugby talk in this first half, but I am learning so much
pickWhen I was reading this I legitimately didn't know much about this game as I don't know much...OK nothing about rugby. At the end of this book I couldn't read fast enough to find out how it was going to end! Another one I highly recommend if you're looking for a solid #nonfiction read.
Giving this one a reread after seeing a replay of the 95 WC Final last weekend.
“We didn‘t have 65,000. We had the support of 43 million behind us.”
Finished this book on my way home from South Africa. Amazing read. Amazing country. Amazing man. #madiba
#augustphotochallenge #booksandsports Just about the only book about sports I've ever read was Playing the Enemy, about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby Team in 1995. Fantastic book! @TheSpinecrackersBookClub
