It was among the first encounters in what would become a lifelong relationship between Nelson ... Mandela was released after 27 years, in February 1990. Four years later he was elected president.

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became ... He blew up things like electricity pylons and buildings. But he didn't want to hurt people so ...

This week, Nelson Mandela ... in prison for 27 years. He emerged from incarceration and became South Africa’s first ever black president. It was the first time Mandela himself was able to ...

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Former President Donald Trump was asked on Friday about the time, in 1990, that he flew the late South African President ...

Mayibuye Mandela, former President Nelson Mandela's great-grandson, has joined the Economic Freedom Fighters after expressing ...

as she did, that anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s. In fact, following his release from prison, Mandela became the president of South Africa and lived until 2013.

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 ...