(CNN)-- Whether talking about his time in prison, his struggle against apartheid, his emergence as a global icon or cracking a joke about his career, Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance ...

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became an inspiration to people all over the world! Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa.

Discover how Ruud Gullit, a football icon, used his fame to advocate for Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid era, ...

July 18 is Nelson ... Mandela Day by serving their communities or supporting a charity. The event's website says it is meant as a call to action "to take responsibility for changing the world ...

In a recent turn of events, the South African government has taken a firm stand against auctioning several artifacts belonging to Nelson Mandela, a globally revered anti-apartheid icon.

It was here, he said, that Nelson Mandela toiled virtually every day for ... “but this limestone quarry was one of the great universities of the world.” Robben Island, a desolate outcropping ...

1946-1969 He was given the name Nelson by a school teacher. He was sometimes called Madiba, his traditional clan name. Mandela was called both “the world’s most famous political prisoner ...

A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks ... The play about the late former wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first Black president, is adapted from the novel ...