From "A Farewell to Madiba", a praise poem by Thabo Mbeki (president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008), delivered by him to the National Assembly, Cape Town, on 26 March 1999 Further reading ...

Killarney resident Lynn Stalson has nominated herself as Nelson Mandela’s praise singer, writing a poem in honour of him, which has been translated into isiZulu by Knowledge Petros. Stalson said ...

Yesterday, the U.S. State Department unveiled a tribute poem written by Dr. Maya Angelou for Mandela "on behalf of the American people." "Yes, Mandela's day is done," the Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

The Media and Mandela: Praise even from those who once opposed him. By Howard Kurtz , Fox News. Published December 9, 2013 5:00am EST | Updated December 21, 2015 12:06am EST. Facebook ...

He shares a poem he wrote about Nelson Mandela. Listen Share By NPR Staff Dec 13, 2013 3:58pm ( All Things Considered / NPR) ...

In December 2013, the U.S. Department of State posted a YouTube video of Dr. Maya Angelou delivering a poem entitled His Day is Done — A Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American ...

Mandela persevered and was self-reliant through 27 long years of imprisonment. He lived William Henley’s poem, Invictus , “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” ...

Embattled city schools chief David Banks had the audience at his annual address Tuesday oddly read a poem with him that Nelson Mandela “recited everyday while locked up”— after delivering a ...

Poem: Nelson Mandela, 'An Ordinary Man' On Sunday, South Africans will lay to rest the remains of Nelson Mandela. The legacy left by the activist and political prisoner who transformed a nation ...