넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상 epub
오리올 말레트,존 칼린 (지은이),김정은 (옮긴이),장용규 (감수)다른2020-07-31 원제 : Mandela et le Général
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Mandela and the General
by John Carlin | Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc. | 5 November 2018
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책소개
극단적인 갈등과 충돌을 어떻게 해결할지 실마리를 제시하는 책이다. 인종 간의 분쟁으로 남아프리카공화국에 닥쳐온 대학살의 위험을 만델라가 대화와 협상을 통해 해결하는 과정이 담겨 있다. 저자 칼린은 자칫 인종 전쟁으로 번질 수도 있었던 일촉즉발의 위기 상황과 비밀 협상 과정을 간결하면서도 드라마틱하게 풀어냈으며, 삽화가 말레트는 협상이 이루어진 역사적 맥락을 그림을 통해 명쾌하게 보여준다.
만델라가 빌욘을 설득하는 과정은 우리에게 오늘날의 정치 양극화와 문화 충돌을 어떻게 풀어야 할지 시사한다. 갈등 상황에서 공감과 이성이 얼마나 큰 힘을 발휘하는지를 보여주는 이 이야기는, 수많은 화해 시도가 암울한 결과로 이어지고 마는 것을 수없이 보아온 한국인에게는 더 의미 있게 다가올 것이다.
목차
작품 해설 4
작가의 말 7
넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상 10
역사의 기록 112
ANC에 관하여 116
연대표 117
책속에서
P. 6 만델라의 등장은 운명이었다. 코사(Xhosa)사회 귀족 출신이며 법률가였던 만델라는 1940년대에 ANC청년연맹을 이끌며 반아파르트헤이트 운동의 선봉에 선다. 만델라는 한때 아파르트헤이트 정권의 무자비한 탄압에 맞서 무장투쟁을 벌이기도 했다. 1962년에 체포 수감된 만델라는 1964년에 국가반역죄로 종신형을 선고받았다. …… 만델라의 조용한 옥중 투쟁은 국제사회의 관심을 끌었다. 아파르트헤이트 정권이 굴복하게 된 결정적 계기는 아이러니하게도 만델라의 게릴라식 무장투쟁이 아니라 감옥에서 벌인 평화적 투쟁이었다._ ‘작품 해설’ 접기
P. 7 만델라는 본능이 시키는 대로 행동했다. 무기가 아니라 말로써 싸운 것이다. 그는 어떤 폭력도 동원하지 않고 오직 이성과 인간적 매력에 의지했다. 그는 남아공의 흑인들을 해방시킨다는 일생일대의 도전을 성공으로 이끌기 위해 빌욘 장군을 직접 대면하기로 마음먹었다. 만델라의 목표는 극우 세력을 무장 해제시키고 전쟁 선언을 철회하도록 하며, 인종차별적 정치 질서에서 벗어나 새로운 정치체제를 받아들이도록 빌욘 장군을 설득하는 것이었다. 일견 불가능해 보이는 목표였다._ ‘작가의 말’ 접기
저자 및 역자소개
오리올 말레트 (Oriol Malet) (지은이)
카탈로니아 출신의 삽화가. 스페인에서 다양한 잡지의 표지 삽화가로 활동 중이다.
최근작 : <넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상> … 총 17종 (모두보기)
존 칼린 (John Carlin) (지은이)
영국 일간지 <인디펜던트>의 남아공 특파원으로 부임해 만델라와 빌욘을 취재했다. 《만델라를 이해하다Kn(owing Mandela)》와 《인빅터스 -우리가 꿈꾸는 기적(Playing the Enemy)》을 썼고, 그중 후자는 클린트 이스트우드 감독의 <인빅터스>라는 영화로 만들어졌다.
최근작 : <넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상>,<인빅터스> … 총 5종 (모두보기)
김정은 (옮긴이)
저자파일
최고의 작품 투표
신간알림 신청
서울대학교에서 외교학을 전공했다. 졸업 후에 국제무역과 금융에 대한 관심을 바탕으로 한국무역보험공사에서 근무하다 번역 작업에 매력을 느껴 번역가의 길에 들어섰다. 현재 펍헙번역그룹에서 전문 번역가로 활동하고 있다. 《자이언트》, 《아이처럼 놀고 배우고 사랑하라》, 《숫자 갖고 놀고 있네》 등을 우리말로 옮겼다.
최근작 : … 총 15종 (모두보기)
장용규 (감수)
아프리카의 민간신앙을 연구하는 인류학자다. 남아프리카공화국 크와줄루 나탈 대학교(University of KwaZulu-Natal)에서 줄루 점술과 점술가 연구로 인류학 박사 학위를 받았다. 특히 민간신앙의 핵심 연구 주제라고 할 수 있는 접신(spirit possession)과 악마(witchcraft), 자본주의의 상관관계 연구에 관심을 기울이고 있다. 박사 학위 이후 자본주의 사회 구조 안에서 민간신앙의 기능과 역할을 연구하기 위해 남아프리카공화국, 케냐, 가나에서 연구를 진행하고 있다. 2020년 현재 한국외국어대학교 아프리카학부와 국제지역대학원 아프리카학과 교수로 재직 중이다. 접기
최근작 : <한국의 아프리카 지역연구 : 성과와 전망>,<세계의 몸짓 몸짓의 세계>,<7인7색 아프리카> … 총 20종 (모두보기)
출판사 제공 책소개
★★★
공감과 관용, 비폭력으로
갈등에 맞서 평화를 얻은 만델라의 화해 정신이
깊은 통찰의 기회를 제공하기를 바란다.
장용규 한국외국어대학교 아프리카학부 교수 추천!
★★★
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우리 시대의 필독서
‘수꼴’과 ‘좌빨’, ‘급식충’과 ‘틀딱’, ‘한남’과 ‘김치녀’. 우리 사회가 얼마나 양극화되었는지, 사람들이 서로 공감하려고 노력하는 대신 얼마나 쉽게 혐오해버리고 마는지 보여주는 표현들이다. 정치 혐오를 불러일으키는 거대 양당의 극단적인 대치는 정권이 수차례 바뀌어도 여전하고, ‘일베’와 ‘워마드’로 대변되는 성 갈등은 점점 더 극단적으로 표출되고 있으며, 최저임금 인상 논란, 자사고 폐지 논란 등 경제, 교육 정책을 둘러싼 갈등도 워낙 양측의 간극이 커서 과연 타협점을 찾는 것이 가능할지 의심스러울 정도다.
민주주의 사회에서 구성원 간의 갈등은 오히려 사회 발전에 도움이 된다지만, 상대방의 존엄성을 짓밟고 혐오하는 수준으로까지 나아간다면 사회의 존립 기반을 흔들어버리고 말 것이다.
《넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상》은 이 같은 극단적인 갈등과 충돌을 어떻게 해결할지 실마리를 제시하는 책이다. 인종 간의 분쟁으로 남아프리카공화국에 닥쳐온 대학살의 위험을 만델라가 대화와 협상을 통해 해결하는 과정이 담겨 있다.
인종 전쟁을 막은
인간적 공감과 합리적 이성의 힘
1990년 아파르트헤이트(남아공의 인종차별 정책) 종식이 선언된 뒤 백인들은 흑인들의 보복이 두려웠던 나머지 병력을 모아 무장투쟁을 벌였고, 흑인 극단주의자들은 만델라가 너무 온건하다며 비난했다. 인종 간 대규모 무력 충돌의 위험이 만연해 있었던 것이다.
만델라는 이런 극단적인 대치 상황을 해결하기 위해 협상을 시도한다. 상대는 과거에 남아공 군대를 이끈 장군이자 백인들이 무장투쟁을 이끌 지도자로 추대한 콘스탄드 빌욘이었다. 그는 과거에 정권의 무자비한 탄압에 맞서 무장투쟁을 벌인 만델라를 신뢰하지 않았다. 게다가 백인들의 자유와 권리를 지키기 위해서는 무력 충돌이 불가피하다고 믿는 인물이었다.
그러나 만델라는 상대방에 대한 공감과 합리적인 이성에 바탕한 진솔한 대화로 빌욘을 설득해낸다. 만델라는 인종차별을 당연시하도록 교육받아온 백인들이 흑인들을 얕잡아볼 수밖에 없다는 것을, 백인들이 정치권력을 장악하려는 흑인들에게 두려움을 느낄 수밖에 없다는 것을 공감한다. 그러곤 이성에 의지하여 “백인들이 느끼는 두려움과 흑인들이 품고 있는 정당한 열망을 조화롭게 풀어갈 방법”을 찾아보자고 제안한다. 이러한 협상으로 빌욘 장군의 마음을 돌림으로써 만델라는 남아공에 민주 정부를 정착시키고 350여 년에 걸친 인종 분규를 종식시킨다.
만델라가 빌욘을 설득하는 과정은 우리에게 오늘날의 정치 양극화와 문화 충돌을 어떻게 풀어야 할지 시사한다. 갈등 상황에서 공감과 이성이 얼마나 큰 힘을 발휘하는지를 보여주는 이 이야기는, 수많은 화해 시도가 암울한 결과로 이어지고 마는 것을 수없이 보아온 한국인에게는 더 의미 있게 다가올 것이다.
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넬슨 만델라
영웅적인 인물에 대해 서술할 때는 그 인물을 따른 추종자나 지지자, 그도 아니라면 객관성을 갖추고 있다고 여겨지는 제3자의 입장에서 서술하는 것이 보통이다. 그러나 《넬슨 만델라의 위대한 협상》에서는 저자인 존 칼린이 빌욘 장군을 직접 만나서 들은 내용을 토대로 이야기를 서술한다. 만델라의 정적이자 역사적으로 악한 편에 속했던 빌욘의 시점에서 이야기를 끌어가는 것이다.
변화를 상징하는 이타적 인물인 만델라를 변화에 저항한 빌욘의 눈으로 바라보는 건 어쩌면 대단히 불편한 일이 될 수도 있다. 그러나 이 불편하면서도 새로운 서술 방식 덕분에 독자들은 인종차별에 맞선 흑인들의 입장뿐 아니라 인종차별을 당연시한 백인들의 목소리도 생생하게 접할 수 있다. 그리고 그 과정에서 이 책을 관통하는 가장 중요한 주제, 즉 ‘공감 능력과 합리적 이성의 힘’이 효과적으로 드러난다.
저자 칼린은 자칫 인종 전쟁으로 번질 수도 있었던 일촉즉발의 위기 상황과 비밀 협상 과정을 간결하면서도 드라마틱하게 풀어냈으며, 삽화가 말레트는 협상이 이루어진 역사적 맥락을 그림을 통해 명쾌하게 보여준다.
정치, 사회, 문화적으로 온갖 갈등을 겪고 있는 우리나라의 독자들에게, 공감과 이성, 비폭력으로 갈등에 맞서 평화를 얻은 만델라의 화해 정신이 깊은 통찰의 기회를 제공할 것이다. 접기
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우리는 넬슨 만델라하면 남아프리카 공화국의 대통령 지도자 노벨평화상 수상자 정도로 이해한다 그러나 그의 행적이나 왜 그가 이토록 남아프리카뿐 만아니라 전 세계에서 그를 존경하는지 제대로 알지 못한다
그도 그럴 것이 척박한 아프리카에서 그나마 백인들이 산다는 이유로 주변 환경이 좀 낫다 하지만 그것은 아프리카 원주민의 값진 눈물과 땀을 바꾼 결과이다 네덜란드 동인도회사에서 식민지화 하여 원주민과는 분리정책을 내세워 많은 피를 흘리게 하여 오늘의 평화를 이루기까지 많은 고통과 인내를 감수하면서 값진 결과를 이루었다 특히 19993년은 남아프리카 공화국에서 유혈충돌로인해 그야말로 걷잡을수 없는 일들이 일어났다
이를 바로잡고 평화의 길을 모색하고자 넬슨 만델라는 테르블랑슈와 협상하는 장면을 두드러지게 묘사하였다 주변상황을 알고 있지만 절대 언성을 높이지 않고 낮은 목소리로 부드러우면서 단호하게 자기 주장을 펼친 넬슨 만데라의 모습에서 한편의 영화를 보는 느낌이었다 그렇게해서 선거를 통해 대통령의 자리에 오른 것이다 과연 지도자란 무엇이고 사람을 이끄는 리더쉽이란 무엇인가를 잘 표현한 예라 할수있다 인류의 평화 공존 말로만으로 자기 아집과 주장만으로는 절대 될수 없기에 넬슨 만델라 대통령의 위대한 헙상이 돋보이는 이유라 하겠다
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Mandela and the General
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In this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela's fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Unless he can win over his archenemy, the white supremacist General Viljoen, the democratic struggle for equality and justice in South Africa will end in "the peace of graveyards."
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"Intense."--Booklist
"A riveting read."--Morgan Freeman
"Fascinating."--Library ...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published November 5th 2018 by Plough Publishing House (first published 2018)
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Dec 06, 2018Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it
I'm far from a graphic novel affeciando, but saw this one and the history within intrigued. To my surprise, I loved it. A story told without scads of miscellaneous filler, we get a direct, pointed look at the release of Mandela and the crisis that it propelled. It is told mostly from the POV of General Valjean, who was chosen by the white Afrikaans, to prevent Mandela from coming into power. To use any means necessary , including violence, to keep the blacks in their place. When Mandela asks the ...more
“We must strive to find a political solution that reconciled White fears with black aspirations.”
I’ve found I really enjoy history told in graphic novel form. It’s informative while not being bogged down in superfluous detail and it makes history more engaging. I feel using this form of media would greatly help teaching children and teens and wish we could see more of it being used this way.
I read Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, earlier this year and Mandela and the General is a great supplemental piece for it. This takes place after Mandela was released from prison when General Constand Viljoen led white nationalist against the new changes coming about due to the end of apartheid. Eventually the two meet and have discussions which lead to the first all South African elections being held peacefully.
Author John Carlin has the unique insight into this struggle between Mandela and Viljoen. He’s stationed in South Africa as an foreign news correspondent and meets both of the men. From this and countless other interviews he’s able to create this narrative while using illustrations to further help describe the events.
There were some really cool renderings in (what looked like) watercolor that portrayed the shadow of something as something else. I liked the symbolism it gave and felt it added to the story.
After reading his autobiography and this graphic novel, I have to add Mandela as one of the people in history I’d want to meet. His story is truly amazing and he selflessly accomplished and helped progress so much in South Africa. It’s truly seeing awing and inspirational. (less)
I’ve found I really enjoy history told in graphic novel form. It’s informative while not being bogged down in superfluous detail and it makes history more engaging. I feel using this form of media would greatly help teaching children and teens and wish we could see more of it being used this way.
I read Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, earlier this year and Mandela and the General is a great supplemental piece for it. This takes place after Mandela was released from prison when General Constand Viljoen led white nationalist against the new changes coming about due to the end of apartheid. Eventually the two meet and have discussions which lead to the first all South African elections being held peacefully.
Author John Carlin has the unique insight into this struggle between Mandela and Viljoen. He’s stationed in South Africa as an foreign news correspondent and meets both of the men. From this and countless other interviews he’s able to create this narrative while using illustrations to further help describe the events.
There were some really cool renderings in (what looked like) watercolor that portrayed the shadow of something as something else. I liked the symbolism it gave and felt it added to the story.
After reading his autobiography and this graphic novel, I have to add Mandela as one of the people in history I’d want to meet. His story is truly amazing and he selflessly accomplished and helped progress so much in South Africa. It’s truly seeing awing and inspirational. (less)
John Carlin was a newspaper correspondent in South Africa at the time apartheid was ending. Most of the book is told from the point of view of the general heading up the white nationalist party of South Africa. I wish the book had given more back story about why Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and what his life was like on the island he was held at. But instead we get the general's backstory during this period. It's kind of like getting the perspective of history from David Duke for the first half of the book. The second half is all about what was happening in South Africa as apartheid was ending and how mandela was able to avoid an open race war. It's pretty amazing actually. Our politicians in America could use a few lessons.
The art is not very good, in some cases hindering the story. Carlin sometimes tries to use the art to tell aspects of the story. Those scenes don't work at all because the art wasn't detailed enough for me to tell what was going on.
Received a review copy from Plough Publishing House and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned. (less)
The art is not very good, in some cases hindering the story. Carlin sometimes tries to use the art to tell aspects of the story. Those scenes don't work at all because the art wasn't detailed enough for me to tell what was going on.
Received a review copy from Plough Publishing House and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned. (less)
Mar 11, 2019Jon Nakapalau rated it it was amazing
Shelves: crime, politics, war, favorites, history, nazi-germany, biography, cultural-studies
Nelson Mandela’s meeting with retired general Constand Viljoen (former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military) prevented a tidal wave of bloodshed from engulfing the country. The fact that Mandela could see that he had to reach out to a former enemy to prevent the country from plunging into civil war is a testament to his trying to reconcile even the most egregious of crimes even as the birth of a new country was dawning. Excellent GN with powerful art - highly recommended. (less)
Oct 07, 2018erica rated it really liked it
I really enjoyed this little graphic novel! It reminded me of the type of book you would read in school - it's a comic so IT'S FUN, KIDS and it's a TRUE STORY, it's HISTORY! The kids are LEARNING!
Mandela and the General is exactly what it sounds like - a story about Nelson Mandela and General Constand Viljoen, the former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military. The story begins when Mandela is released from prison in 1990, after 27 years as a political prisoner, and spans the first few years after his release, when Mandela led the campaign to negotiate an end Apartheid and eventually became South Africa's first democratically elected leader, and a black leader at that.
This graphic novel highlights the violence that accompanied Mandela's campaign, and the human dignity of both Mandela and Viljoen, who is not depicted as a villain (which might have made a better story), but as a man who loved his country just as much as Mandela did, even though his political ideology was vastly different.
The narrator of the story is John Carlin himself, a journalist who sits down with both men and interviews them. This book didn't have to have this format; it might have been easier to shape the narrative around Mandela and Viljoen themselves rather than a third party, but it really added another dimension to the story, which sets this graphic novel apart.
It seemed to me that this book was intended for a younger audience, but I would recommend it to anyone who would like an introduction to Nelson Mandela, or generally, readers who enjoy both history and graphic novels.
Release date November 5, 2018. Available for pre-order now.
ARC provided by Plough Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
The images above were taken from an ARC and are subject to change upon publication.
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Mandela and the General is exactly what it sounds like - a story about Nelson Mandela and General Constand Viljoen, the former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military. The story begins when Mandela is released from prison in 1990, after 27 years as a political prisoner, and spans the first few years after his release, when Mandela led the campaign to negotiate an end Apartheid and eventually became South Africa's first democratically elected leader, and a black leader at that.
This graphic novel highlights the violence that accompanied Mandela's campaign, and the human dignity of both Mandela and Viljoen, who is not depicted as a villain (which might have made a better story), but as a man who loved his country just as much as Mandela did, even though his political ideology was vastly different.
The narrator of the story is John Carlin himself, a journalist who sits down with both men and interviews them. This book didn't have to have this format; it might have been easier to shape the narrative around Mandela and Viljoen themselves rather than a third party, but it really added another dimension to the story, which sets this graphic novel apart.
It seemed to me that this book was intended for a younger audience, but I would recommend it to anyone who would like an introduction to Nelson Mandela, or generally, readers who enjoy both history and graphic novels.
Release date November 5, 2018. Available for pre-order now.
ARC provided by Plough Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
The images above were taken from an ARC and are subject to change upon publication.
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Feb 22, 2019Rod Brown rated it liked it
As I finished the book, I was going to give it four stars, mostly because every appearance of Mandela in the story is electrifying. But as I reflected, I realized that this is just another one of those books or movies where white creators use a white guy as the point of view for an African story. And in this case, the white guy is a racist who we're supposed to be happy did not resort to violence to carry out his white supremacist agenda in the 1990s thanks to the charisma of Mandela. Instead he spent the next twenty years trying to use politics to found a segregated white homeland in the middle of South Africa.
I mean, I read this article from 2014 and most of my feel-good buzz from this book dissipated:
https://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-24-l...
The book is well done, but the more I think about it, the more misguided it seems. (less)
I mean, I read this article from 2014 and most of my feel-good buzz from this book dissipated:
https://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-24-l...
The book is well done, but the more I think about it, the more misguided it seems. (less)
An almost unbelievable historical event that I was unaware of : a newly unimprisoned Nelson Mandela conceiving of the idea to meet secretly with the general of the ultra-right rural whites ready to arm themselves to "take back their country" and successfully getting him on board for a democratic future with black people in power. But it happened, and you can learn all the details in this excellent graphic novel which has fantastic art that blends realism and symbolism in a controlled color palette. (less)
Jul 18, 2018Laura rated it it was amazing
Shelves: history, graphic-novels, netgalley, south-africa, apartheid
There so many books about Nelson Mandela, as this is the 100th anniversary of his birth, and for those of us that lived during the time that he was released, and then moved on to become president, we may not know all the things that happened, as this is such recent history.
And, as an American, I was even further removed from all the nuances of what happened.
This book follows how, once Nelson was released, the retired general, Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military, came between Nelson and the white nationals who did not want to give of white rule. He was really wanted to be left out, but realized, once he was asked, that he had to stop what could have been a blood bath.
Amazing story. Well written.
#MandelaAndTheGeneral #NetGalley
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. (less)
And, as an American, I was even further removed from all the nuances of what happened.
This book follows how, once Nelson was released, the retired general, Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa’s military, came between Nelson and the white nationals who did not want to give of white rule. He was really wanted to be left out, but realized, once he was asked, that he had to stop what could have been a blood bath.
Amazing story. Well written.
#MandelaAndTheGeneral #NetGalley
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. (less)
Jan 21, 2019Jeimy rated it really liked it
Fascinating graphic novel about the escalating violence and racial tension in South Africa following Mandela’s release and the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to his presidency. (less)
Mar 17, 2019B rated it it was amazing
Telling one story within Mandela's remarkable life, this is a beautifully illustrated book. It would be a quick read but you can't help but spend time with the graphics. It also pushed me to read more about this time period. Some people felt that the book was focused more on Constand Viljean, the General, which it needed to be, to show what Mandela was up against.
A graphic novel may be the best format for me to dive into this story that I would otherwise know nothing. Yes, I’m generally aware of Mandela’s legacy and the evils of apartheid, but this story fleshes out in a fuller dimension a few of the historical figures and their opposing movements. Take a chance on the illustrated format and read this book. Then pass it along. We need these stories, and I’m so grateful to Plough Publishing for getting them into our hands. (less)
This book was provided to me by NetGalley and Plough Publishing. All opinions are my own. Pub Date 5th Nov 2018.
As a big fan of nonfiction in graphic novel form, this book was easy for me to get excited about. While Mandela as a public figure his highly recognizable, I do believe that a lot of the details on the process of abolishing apartheid is pretty fuzzy for people now.
This book fills this gap by covering a crucial time in South Africa leading up to the first free elections in 1994 with the account of General Viljoen, an Afrikaaner who lead an opposition party. The story sheds light on the genius that was Mandela and how he used his knowledge of people and culture to pursue a path that lead to freedom and peace.
The art work in the book is stunning and really carries the narrative quite powerfully. I really liked the reduced usage of color throughout the book. (less)
As a big fan of nonfiction in graphic novel form, this book was easy for me to get excited about. While Mandela as a public figure his highly recognizable, I do believe that a lot of the details on the process of abolishing apartheid is pretty fuzzy for people now.
This book fills this gap by covering a crucial time in South Africa leading up to the first free elections in 1994 with the account of General Viljoen, an Afrikaaner who lead an opposition party. The story sheds light on the genius that was Mandela and how he used his knowledge of people and culture to pursue a path that lead to freedom and peace.
The art work in the book is stunning and really carries the narrative quite powerfully. I really liked the reduced usage of color throughout the book. (less)
Mandela and the General is great introduction to learning about the end of apartheid. John Carlin does an excellent job of telling the story and explaining the history throughout the book. I think graphic novels like this are a great way to explain history and to get people interested in history. It definitely made me want to learn more about South African apartheid and Mandela.
I received an advance reading copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
I received an advance reading copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
