Madiba - The Reader's Digest Tribute to Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom AND Playing the Enemy

Long Walk to Freedom: I cannot pinpoint a moment when I became politicised. To be an African in South Africa means one is politicised from the moment of one's birth, whether one acknowledges it or not. I had no singular revelation, no moment of tryth. But a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness. There was no particular day on which I said From henceforth I will devote myself to theliberation of my people. Instead, I simply found myself doing so and could not do otherwise...

Playing the Enemy: Five minutes before kick-off, Nelson Mandela stepped out onto the field to shake hands with the players. He was wearing the Spingbok cap and jersey. When they caught sight of him, the crowd seemed to go dead still. It was is if they could not believe what their eyes were seeing, said Louis Luyt, President of the South AfricanRugby Union. Then a chant began, rising in volume and intensity: Nel-son, Nel-son, Nel-son! For decades, Mandela had stood for everything white South Africans most feared: the Springbok jersey had been the symbol of everything black South Africans most hated. Now, before the eyes of the world, the two negative symbols had merged to create a new one that was positive, constructive and good....

Note: Two condensed books in one.