Why was Nelson Mandela in prison? Nelson Mandela was arrested and charged with treason in 1956. Born on July 18, 1918, he studied law and worked as a lawyer in Johannesburg.

When the anti-apartheid leader emerged from 27 years of confinement, South Africans knew their country was undergoing a seismic change. But they didn't know where it would lead them.

Nelson Mandela's Prison Letters: 'One Day I Will Be Back At Home' The late South African leader would have turned 100 on Wednesday. As part of the commemorations, a new book brings together many ...

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, African National Congress (ANC) member who fought against the apartheid, was released from prison. ... The anti-apartheid icon spent 27 years in jail before being released.

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of them isolated on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. His encounters with visitors from the outside world were brief and ...

“Nelson Mandela – I’d never heard the name before in my life,” a former prison guard to the South African icon recalls. Christo Brand casts his mind back to 1978, and his first night ...

Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013, would have been 100 years old on Wednesday. A new book is out to mark the occasion, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela. ... months before the attack.

When the anti-apartheid leader emerged from 27 years of confinement, South Africans knew their country was undergoing a seismic change. But they didn't know where it would lead them.

Nelson Mandela, pictured in the early 1960s, before he was sentenced in 1964 to life in prison for sabotage. The government did not release photos of Mandela during his many years in prison, and ...

When the anti-apartheid leader emerged from 27 years of confinement, South Africans knew their country was undergoing a seismic change. But they didn't know where it would lead them.