Richard Stengel was Nelson Mandela's friend and collaborator. He co-wrote his autobiography, called "Long Walk to Freedom"; and he wrote his own book after the experience, called "Mandela's Way: ...

SOUTH AFRICA -- He was a freedom fighter in South Africa at the same time leaders were fighting for civil rights in America, and while many were assassinated, he was jailed for more than 20 ...

Rick Stengel, a former stringer for Rolling Stone, recorded 70 hours of interviews with Nelson Mandela after his release from prison, who was in need of a ghostwriter for his autobiography. NBC News’ ...

REVERED as a colossus by millions, an archive of poignant letters, notes and diary entries from his prison years reveal Nelson Mandela's inner turmoil. Since its founding in 2004, The Nelson Mandela ...

Nelson Mandela, whose anti-apartheid leadership inspired millions around the world including songwriters, filmmakers and writers, died today at 95 in Johannesburg. He had been suffering from a lung ...

Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday on Thursday is a milestone for an icon of equality that under most circumstances would be happily celebrated by South Africans and admirers around the world. Of course, ...

Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”) has signed on to direct a new independent documentary about the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, with production already underway. Bearing the ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: Now, in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa is resisting calls to resign over allegations that he might have covered up at the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

No one is indispensable. Yet history is full of individuals whose absence or presence changed the course of human events and altered the fate of nations. Most of these were autocrats whose ...

Nat Bregman, whom anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela described as his “first white friend,” died in Johannesburg. Bregman, who shared an office with Mandela for three years at a Johannesburg law ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Zoleka Mandela, a granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and whose life was tangled up in addiction, a suicide attempt, a battle with cancer and the tragedy of losing two young ...

There’s been no shortage of tributes to Nelson Mandela since his death on Thursday. He’s been praised for his role in ending apartheid, his grace after serving a 27-year prison sentence and his ...