While in prison, Mandela performed the role of Creon in Antigone. The experience may have helped train him for leadership years later.
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Antigone Taught Mandela Leadership
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A Poem for Heroes and Mass Murderers
Since the World Cup is underway in South Africa, I watched Clint Eastwood’s Invictus last week, about the 1995 World Cup Rugby Tournament held in South Africa. Based on a true story, the film notes that, while in prison, Nelson Mandela, like many black South Africans, would root against the South African rugby team, beloved […]
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