In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

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

It was on this fairly desolate land mass that Nelson Mandela ... Mandela's cell. The guides convey first-hand accounts of what the island used to be like. Some visitors describe a trip to Robben ...

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 ...

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

"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 ...

“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 ...

In prison, Mandela lived in a small cell without ... in South Africa: Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. People all over the world were affected by Nelson Mandela’s ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

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