and the family was considered royalty. He died from lung disease when Nelson was 12 years old. 5. Mandela was then raised by a Thembu leader, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, for whom his father was ...

his emergence as a global icon or cracking a joke about his career, Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance far beyond their original context. Here are a few of his memorable quotes.

Two family members of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela have vowed to raise their voices for Syrian women imprisoned by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Thousands of Syrian women ...

A digital archive documenting former South African President Nelson Mandela ... draft notes by Mandela for the first page of the first chapter of the sequel to his acclaimed autobiography ...

South Africa’s parliament is now meeting in a special session to pay tribute to Mandela, with family members in ... s FNB Stadium, where Nelson Mandela made his final major public appearance ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where ... including visits from his wife, family and colleagues. He recounts some of this, as well as anecdotes about Mandela'a ...

In BBC Radio 4’s podcast, History’s Youngest Heroes, Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary stories of rebellion, risk, and the radical power of youth, looking at young people ...

and at the Holy Family Basilica) and his worldwide famous Mandela painting begin?At exactly 4:14 pm (South African time) on February 11, 1990, Nelson Madiba Mandela, the country’s once most ...

Mandela representing himself, read out his closing statement. ARCHIVE RECORDING OF NELSON MANDELA: I have fought against white domination and I have fought against Black domination. I have ...