Mandela, Nelson
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND PRESIDENT1918–
A life-long anti apartheid activist in South Africa who eventually rose to become the first democratically elected, and first...
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Nelson Mandela
Born July 18, 1918 Umtata, South Africa
Political activist and former president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela stands as an icon of courage, justice, and perseverance to people in Sou...
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 1918) was a South African resistance leader who, after years of imprisonment for opposing apartheid, emerged to become the first president of a black-majority-ruled Sou...
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Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black president. He was born on July 18, 1918 in a region of South Africa called Transkei. His tribal name was Rolihlahla. He was from a Xhosa-speaking tribe ca...
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is an important man in history because he led the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, even while imprisoned for a quarter century. His persistence in speaking out ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela were prominent men in the fight for civil rights and made speeches that were, and still are, influential and monumental. King was a Baptist minister who pushe...
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela offered his support Tuesday to Laila Ali, four days before she becomes the first female fighter to headline a boxing card in the country.Mandela, an am...
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The fifth in a series of international concerts that Nelson Mandela has used to raise awareness about AIDS will be held Dec. 1 in Johannesburg."I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in...
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Nelson Mandela celebrated his 89th birthday Wednesday by joining with other Nobel peace laureates, politicians and development experts to form a "council of elders" dedicated to fostering peace and...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Actor Morgan Freeman is to play former South
African President Nelson Mandela in The Human Factor, an
independently financed drama, based on the upcoming...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - India's Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi
met Wednesday with former South African president Nelson Mandela
during the second day of her trip to South A...
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London (dpa) - Nelson Mandela was given a rapturous reception by
crowds in central London Wednesday where a bronze statue was unveiled
to honour his life-long fight for "jus...
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JOHANNESBURG, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The charity golf tournament
in South Africa formerly hosted by the Nelson Mandela Children's
Fund and Gary Player will go ahead as planned despite the Fund's
withdr...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Top international artists have agreed to
perform at a concert in Johannesburg on December 1 in aid of people
living with HIV/AIDS, former South African ...
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