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The ‘Indispensable’ Nelson Mandela

(NNPA)—“The cemeteries are full of indispensable men,” Charles De Gaulle, the great, imperious hero of World War II and subsequent president of France, is said...

Pittsburgh says farewell to Mandela in tribute at Mt. Ararat

It was a day of artists and activists, politicians and preachers, and of tears and laughter as hundreds came together at Mt. Ararat Baptist...

Joyous Black S. Africans, fearful White Afrikaners

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Joyous crowds of Black South Africans celebrated the unveiling of a new Nelson Mandela statue in Pretoria on Monday...

Past and present converge at Mandela’s burial

QUNU, South Africa (NNPA) – With a rich mixture of ceremonial military pomp and ancient tribal customs, Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected...

Nelson Mandela buried in rolling hills of South Africa

QUNU, South Africa (AP) — His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the...

'Mandela' marks Elba's cinematic maturity

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - When portraying South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela in the biopic, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Idris Elba embraced the...

Traditional tribal rituals at Mandela's funeral

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An ox is slaughtered, the deceased is wrapped in a lion skin and a family elder keeps talking to the body's...

Behind eulogies, US deeply conflicted on Mandela

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nelson Mandela eulogized to the world by President Barack Obama as "a giant of history" and the "last great liberator...

South Africans still celebrating ‘Tata’ Mandela

PRETORIA, South Africa – Most of the leaders and dignitaries who converged on this capital city last Monday from around the world to attend...

Mandela’s road to freedom

(NNPA)—If I close my eyes, I can remember 1984. I am among those running from meeting to meeting working to pass Proposition J, the...

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