In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

Nelson Mandela was “trying to come to the ... In June 1990, Mandela travelled to the US on an 11-day tour after his release from prison. Mandela visited the US as part of a larger world tour ...

"In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on ...

In our lives, we are often like Goldilocks. We make it our life’s goal to be comfortable. We want everything to be just right ...

In 2010, researcher Fiona Broome coined the term when she discovered that many people believed, as she did, that anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s. In fact ...

(CNN)-- Whether talking about his time in prison, his struggle against apartheid, his emergence as a global icon or cracking a joke about his career, Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance ...

July 18, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation creates ... February 11, 2010 – On the 20th anniversary of Mandela’s release from prison, tributes, commemorations and marches take place.

Nelson Mandela’s recommended books shaped his leadership and philosophy. Discover 10 life-changing reads that offer deep ...

Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins ... Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the ...

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary political figure and activist. Universally praised for publicly spearheading opposition to apartheid, he became the country's first democratically ...