In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to do ...

A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island -- where he was held for 18 years -- will be put up for auction in early May in New York. Bonhams, ...

On Sunday, President Obama, along with his family, visited Robben Island and the prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, reports the Los Angeles Times. Obama’s tour of the prison at Robben Island ...

AFA copy 39088019764646 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its ...

"I think that all of us have an innate potential to develop our humanity," Mac Maharaj said in his talk last night, sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL). Maharaj was imprisoned with ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 10 (Reuters Life!) - An act of kindness was the seed that blossomed into a friendship between a young prison guard and the man who would leave his jail cell to eventually become South ...

A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island -- where he was held for 18 years -- sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575. "The Cell Door, ...

From Nelson Mandela's favorite food to his life in prison. Photographs of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the Civic Centre in ...

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. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

Nelson Mandela wrote to loved ones while in prison. Dec. 5, 2013 -- In the 27 years that Nelson Mandela spent imprisoned in South Africa, he wrote letters to his loved ones. Razia Saleh of the Nelson ...