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Mandela and the General by John Carlin6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Veteran British journalist John Carlin teams up with Catalan artist Oriol Malet to create a historically and artistically rich graphic novel with obvious relevance to today's polarized politics. ![]() The drama of this contest and the history that pivoted on it comes vividly to life in visual form. 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. Can they trust each other? Can they keep their followers and radical fringe elements from acts of violence? The mettle of these two men will determine the future of a nation. Overview In this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela’s fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Throughout those historic months, the two men meet in secret. Mandela knows that he can't avert a bloodbath on his own. must have been surprised by the general euphoria of the response. That man is General Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa's military. interview: Jessie duarte INTERVIEWED BY JOHN CARLIN. They need someone who can lead and unite them. White nationalist militias claiming 50,000 well-armed former soldiers stand ready to fight to the death to defend their cause. "Fascinating."- Library Journal, starred reviewĪs the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African blacks poised to take power, the nation's whites fear reprisal. 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." In this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela's fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. ![]()
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