Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An in-depth exhibit about Nelson Mandela that's traveling the world is now at The Children's Museum — with a special focus on ...

(Reuters) - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 89th birthday on Wednesday by launching an international group of elder statesmen, including fellow Nobel peace laureates Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, to ...

When most filmmakers approach a figure as towering as Nelson Mandela, the natural instinct is often to add to whatever myths already exist. In Troublemaker, which premiered at the Sundance Film ...

(Reuters) - Nelson Mandela celebrates the 20th anniversary of his release from prison on Thursday. Here are key dates in his life. July 18, 1918 - Born Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela near Qunu, in Transkei ...

A reflective Nelson Mandela emerges in Troublemaker, the documentary about the late anti-Apartheid leader and first president of a new South Africa. It’s based on the memoir Long Walk to Freedom that ...

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

Thousands gathered in Nelson Mandela's rural homestead of Qunu as the anti-apartheid hero, Nobel laureate and South Africa's first black president was laid to rest. It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR ...