Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Anti-apartheid activist and Mandela’s friend, Mac Maharaj said South Africa still has to continue to fight for a just and ...

Following the release of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in 2013, Elba first shared how he spent a night at the South African prison. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey in December 2013, he said that while he ...

“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. "In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island ... South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela ... in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to ...

After 50 Years in prison on a double life-sentence Indigenous ... and noted people from Pope Francis to the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa. Thirty members of Congress this year ...

The globe must summon the moral courage to stand with Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s people in their struggle against a brutal dictatorship.