Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

1. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa from 1994-1999 and the first president elected after the end of apartheid, an extensive system of segregation and discrimination ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 1918 in the village ... Four years later he was elected president. Among his appointees was Arthur Chaskalson, a member of his defense team during the Rivonia ...

On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...

Participants in the annual 27 For Freedom Race, held at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre (formerly Victor Verster Prison), ...

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became an inspiration to people all over the world! Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary political figure and activist. Universally praised for publicly spearheading opposition to apartheid, he became the country's first democratically ...

the eldest daughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president who died in 2013. The scheduled auction received widespread criticism in South Africa. The South ...

The United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize aims to recognize the ... She is a Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO since 1999, founder and president of “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation ...