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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, raise clenched fists as they walk hand-in-hand from the Victor Verster prison near Cape Town, South Africa on Feb. 11, 1990.
Conflict & Justice
‘Winnie and Nelson’: A new book explores a fraught political partnership
Nelson Mandela's former private assistant Zelda la Grange. Her memoir traces the 43-year-old's upbringing in an Afrikaans family that considered Mandela a terrorist to her improbable appointment to his office when he became president in 1994, and her clos
Global Politics
Here’s how a young white woman went from loving apartheid to being in Mandela’s inner circle
Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech
Conflict & Justice
Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them
Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech
Conflict & Justice
Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them
Nelson Mandela dancing
Arts, Culture & Media
Slideshow: Mandela loved to dance