Twelve years after his death, Mandela’s legacy risks being reduced to performative charity and forgotten T-shirts.

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 Sh11,386, 961 ($112,575).

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.

Making sure that visiting kids connect with Mandela's childhood was especially important to The Children's Museum, said Aaron Bonds, the museum's director of actor interpretation and theater.

Making sure that visiting kids connect with Mandela's childhood was especially important to The Children's Museum, said Aaron Bonds, the museum's director of actor interpretation and theater.

NEW YORK - High School kids in Bedford Stuyvesant got a historic visit from the grandson of Nelson Mandela on Friday, in an effort to strengthen relationships between New York City and South Africa.