South African President Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918, spent nearly three decades in prison during his struggle against apartheid, before he was released on Feb. 11, 1990. On Dec. 5, 2013 ...

Nelson Mandela's message is not limited to the older generation with scores of younger people getting into the spirit of Mandela Day. Asked to define what makes a hero, people share remarkably ...

Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

NELSON MANDELA achieved the status of hero in a late 20th century starved of true heroes. His imprisonment for three decades, stemming directly from his resistance to apartheid, was vindicated and ...

President Barack Obama eulogized one of his heroes, Nelson Mandela, Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo by Herman Verwey/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG -- Celebrating one ...

Imagine the privileged status of an opposition politician who has been protected from making mistakes for more than a quarter of a century, but who suddenly finds himself in the middle of discussio… ...

Nelson Mandela is revered worldwide and celebrated on July 18, his birthday. But at home, a younger generation is disillusioned with the country, his party and the anti-apartheid leader, too.

President Obama sent his thoughts and prayers Thursday to Nelson Mandela, calling the ailing anti-apartheid leader his "personal hero." Mandela, former president of South Africa, is critically ill ...

Nelson Mandela left this mortal plane on Dec. 5, 2013, 22 years almost to the day after he met with black American business leaders in his quest to lay the economic framework for a new South Africa.

The cover of “Nelson Mandela,” by Kadir Nelson. Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993. Mina Kaneko is a former member of The New Yorker’s editorial staff.