By ZAKES MDA
I REMEMBER Nelson Mandela. No, not the universally adored elder statesman who successfully resisted the megalomania that comes with deification…
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By ZAKES MDA
I REMEMBER Nelson Mandela. No, not the universally adored elder statesman who successfully resisted the megalomania that comes with deification…
By DeWayne Wickham, USATODAY
When Nelson Mandela arrived in New York City four months after his 1990 release from detention after 27 years in a South African prison, he was widely – and wrongly – seen as just the leader of an African struggle for self-determination. But as I quickly learned, he was much more than that.
Mr. Nelson Mandela.
President Nelson Mandela.
Madiba.
Tata.
By By Louis Freedberg,
As a teenager growing up in Cape Town in the 1960s, a favorite weekend activity was climbing to the top of Table Mountain, the glorious promontory at the end of the African continent.
By Max Fisher
Nelson Mandela was already 45 years old when, on April 20, 1964, he gave the defining speech of the anti-Apartheid movement, from the dock of a Pretoria courtroom.
By BILL BERKOWITZ
Last night, it was difficult to cut through the fog of reaction from current day conservatives to the death of Nelson Mandela.
Although most black South Africans revere Mandela and his party for defeating apartheid, many are realizing that fighting inequality and achieving full citizenship will mean taking on the ANC.
by PATRICK BOND
The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question: how did he change South Africa?
Next week’s cover, “Madiba,” was drawn by the artist Kadir Nelson.
by Elissa Curtis During the past two years, the photographer Krisanne Johnson has been documenting South African youth.
by The New Yorker A look back at Mandela’s life, from his days as an activist in apartheid-era South Africa to his Presidency.
by Ayana Mathis Some other language is needed to describe Mandela, a hyper-language with which to eulogize him—in short, a poem.