On 13 June 1964, Nelson Mandela, who later became South Africa's president, was taken to the maximum security prison on ...

A stunningly intimate tribute to the life of one of the 20th century’s great global leaders is on display at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Mandela: The Official Exhibition features ...

There was a time when Nelson Mandela's name was synonymous with freedom. The brave leader , who died on Thursday, spent 27 ...

The world watched as anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela took his first steps of freedom on February 11, 1990 after 27 years behind bars. Waiting outside Victor Verster Prison were his wife Winnie ...

FRANSCHHOEK, South Africa (Reuters) - The image of Nelson Mandela with his fist raised on the day of his release from 27 years in jail has been immortalized in a bronze statue unveiled on Thursday ...

One man spent 12 years by Mandela’s side during his prison term: his guard Christo Brand. Credit: Shutterstock / Adwo Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1962, Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday marked 36 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison by launching a new training academy at the Drakenstein Correctional Facility, where the former ...

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In Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela described his Robben Island cell as "tiny – I could walk from one side to the other in three steps". Since the island reopened as a museum in 1997, thousands of ...