BATHED IN PRAYER

I am reading the book PLAYING THE ENEMY, by Carlin at present. It is about Nelson Mandela, the time of his captivity, the time of his release and election and his goal and plan for the new political establishment after the end of apartheid to come about without bloody revolution. In particular the book (and the movie INVICTUS also), I think, is about his decision to embrace the 1995(?) rugby world cup in which the mainly white South African team was playing as an opportunity for the disparate sectors of South Africa to unite. As I have been reading the events of Mandela's life, and how the government, even before his realease, was making an effort to make peace with him, I wondered if there was a lot of prayer going up for the country of South Africa, and for the peaceful transition to the post-apartheid country it needed to become. I was wondering where I could find info on who might have been praying (Desmond Tutu, of course, would have been leading his people in that. I didn't know if Mandela identified himself as christian.)

Soon after that question arose, the answer came. The author final typed out the words of the Black African Anthem of Liberation in english. It was a prayer to God from beginning to end! And a beautiful prayer, too. Not angry and vengeful, but sad and asking, and looking and hoping for the future day when all the country's people would be at peace and happy.

I would like to find out more about that anthem, and to hear it. I really want to hear it, with all those people singing together so fervent.

I'm really lookin forward to the movie, also.