Former South African President Nelson Mandela actively protested apartheid for most of his life, and he is known for being one of the world's most famous political prisoners. His anti-apartheid ...

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ― Nelson Mandela In December 2013, Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95. Tributes rang out all over the world. Mandela was an inspiration to ...

Dignitaries and members of the public gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to pay tribute and honour the life and legacy ...

Mbali Vilakazi, the winner of our Poetry Games last year, honors Mandela's memory with a poem, "The Black Pimpernel." The title is a derogatory... An Elegy For Mandela Looks Back In Mourning, Forward ...

From the teeming settlements of the Eastern Cape to the sprawling townships around Johannesburg and on to the outskirts of Cape Town, angry blacks have invoked Mandela’s name in demanding an end to ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela hailed Barack Obama as a "new voice of hope" for the world on Tuesday and compared his inauguration as U.S. president to South Africa's ...