Thursday, we experienced a huge loss with the passing of Nelson Mandela. As the world turned its attention to celebrate the iconic man’s life and achievements, I was struck with the notion that Nelson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mandela’s struggle while imprisoned, and refusal to bow down to white supremacy, became a worldwide symbol of resistance against ...

Every July, millions honour Nelson Mandela. This article defends his legacy against misrepresentation, arguing that ...

From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those involved in the struggle – and who feature in an eye-opening new ...

The year is 1992. Nelson Mandela, two years beyond his release from 27 years of political imprisonment and two years before he will be elected president of South Africa, stands before a classroom of ...

Mandela was never shy to tell audiences that he was the first uMkhonto weSizwe combatant to receive military training in Algeria in March 1962 ...

Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa whose revolutionary politics and revolution in humanitarianism gave rise to his legend as the embodiment of peace on Earth and to the fall of ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the 10 years after he withdrew from public life, Nelson Mandela divided his time between a mansion in one of Johannesburg's wealthiest suburbs and his ancestral home in ...

It was more than three decades ago that Nelson Mandela was finally freed from a South African prison, after nearly the same amount of time spent behind bars for his active resistance to the oppressive ...