Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in what was then known as the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire. Although the majority of the country’s inhabitants were Black, they ...

February 11, 1990, is a date that the world will never forget. On this Sunday afternoon, after 27 years, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was a leader ...

SKOKIE (WLS) -- Nelson Mandela was released from prison 31 years ago, this month. He had spent 27 years behind bars, most of them in a seven-by-eight-foot cell. Today, a new exhibit about Mandela is ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The grandson of legendary civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela is coming to Norfolk State University. The university said Ndaba Mandela will speak on Wednesday, Jan ...

Nelson Mandela Day 2025: As the world marks Nelson Mandela International Day 2025, we pause to ask: why does his legacy still matter today?In a time of global conflict, rising authoritarianism, and ...

The soccer stadium was also the spot where Mandela made his last public appearance at the closing ceremony of the 2010 World Cup. After the memorial, his body will lie in state fo ...

South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday, and the country is facing a turning point. The ANC, the African National Congress, has been in power for the last 30 years, ever since Nelson Mandela took ...

In April 1994, the world watched as millions of South Africans, most of them jubilant but many wary, cast their ballots in that nation's first multiracial election. The outcome: Nelson Mandela became ...

On Mandela Day, South Africa and the world pause and reflect on the life and impact of Nelson Mandela Briefly News looked at the three biggest icons in the entertainment world with whom Mandela had ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Norfolk State University is kicking off its celebration of Black History Month by hosting the grandson of Nelson Mandela on Jan. 31. Ndaba Nelson is the co-founder and ...