Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in what was then known as the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire. Although the majority of the country’s inhabitants were Black, they ...

Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (C, L) and his wife anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie raise fists upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison on ...