South Africa Avoided Civil War Through One Man’s Forgiveness – Book Review of Nelson Mandela’s Long Road to Freedom

Recently, I watched the DVD of the 2009 movie Invictus. Starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon as captain of the South African rugby team, and directed by Clint Eastwood, it is a marvelous movie. It tells the story of how South African President Mandela hosted the 1995 World Cup of Rugby and cannily used the Springboks rugby team to knit the 43 million inhabitants of South Africa together into one nation – despite the decades of bitterness and hatred caused by apartheid. My w

Recently, I watched the DVD of the 2009 movie Invictus. Starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon as captain of the South African rugby team, and directed by Clint Eastwood, it is a marvelous movie. It tells the story of how South African President Mandela hosted the 1995 World Cup of Rugby and cannily used the Springboks rugby team to knit the 43 million inhabitants of South Africa together into one nation – despite the decades of bitterness and hatred caused by apartheid. My w…