On December 5th, Nelson Mandela passed away. The anti-apartheid icon was in and out of the hospital throughout the year as he fought a recurring lung infection. As the world comes together to pray for ...

Nelson Mandela’s legendary fight against South Africa’s apartheid began in his early 30s, around 1950 — two years after the legal mandate for segregation was implemented. Mandela, a young attorney, ...

Dec. 5, 2013 — -- intro: Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994. The following videos highlight some of the memorable moments from the last ...

Today marks the birthday of former South African president Nelson Mandela. An activist and political prisoner for much of his life, Mandela challenged the authority of Apartheid which segregated based ...

Mandela exhibition opens June 13 in Dallas during the World Cup. Free admission at the African American Museum.

PHOENIX — In 1990, Norris Barker was in a bad spot in his life. “I was a bitter person after a divorce and I had a business in Wichita, Kan. and I lost that business,” he said.” I lost all the ...

Nelson Mandela, the African freedom fighter who followed his long struggle against racist rule in South Africa with resolute reconciliation with his former oppressors, and whose life came to be ...

File-This Nov. 17, 2001 file photo shows former South African President Nelson Mandela smiling prior to receiving an honorary degree during a ceremony at Ryerson University in Toronto. The former ...

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death,” court documents show. The former president’s health is “perilous,” according to documents filed in ...

Nigerian singer, Harrison Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, has spoken about the influence of Nelson Mandela’s life on one of his 2013 hit song, describing it as a major turning point in his career ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Zoleka Mandela, a granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and whose life was tangled up in addiction, a suicide attempt, a battle with cancer and the tragedy of losing two young ...