Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 for his activities with the African National Congress, Mandela was released in 1990 and later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending apartheid ...

Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance far beyond their original context. Here are a few of his memorable quotes. On his freedom struggle: "I have walked that long road to freedom.

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

A hundred bronze statues have been erected of the influential people who helped shape a free South Africa at Century City.

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and charged with inciting workers ... may feel or find themselves forced into a position in which the only road to freedom is violence. Such people, though they ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom ... there until March 1982, when he was moved ...

Nelson Mandela was a South ... revolutionary figure’s creative output. Mandela died at 95 on December 5, 2013 in Houghton Estate, South Africa. Today, he is celebrated as a visionary leader and ...

TREVOR MCDONALD: In the 1940s South Africa was under apartheid rule: the doctrine that white people were somehow superior to Black people. The white police force sometimes tortured and killed the ...

Many of those iconic pieces of music called for the release of Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned ... which gave the political prisoners renewed hope of freedom. “Later on when I met Madiba ...

A renowned political scientist, lawyer and diplomat, Professor Babafemi Badejo has clinched the prestigious Nelson Mandela Distinguished ... the promotion of freedom and rights for Africans ...

Follows the life of Nelson Mandela and his fight for freedom - from his childhood, to his 27 years in prison before becoming president and working to rebuild South Africa's once segregated society.