As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand's all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy. When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springboks jersey and led the all-white Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa's new national anthem, he conquered the hearts of white South Africa.
Invictus tells the extraordinary human story of how that moment became possible. It shows how a sport, once the preserve of South Africa's Afrikaans-speaking minority, came to unify the new rainbow nation, and tells of how - just occasionally - something as simple as a game really can help people to rise above themselves and see beyond their differences.
- ISBN10 9573265494
- ISBN13 9789573265498
- Publish Date 1 December 2009 (first published 1 November 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 August 2021
- Imprint Yuan Liu Chu Ban Gong Si
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language Chinese