Premiering at Sundance, Antoine Fuqua discusses why the documentary centers the global icon’s own voice. “I wanted people to see him as a human being,” the director said.

Nelson Mandela, an iconic South African president and human rights leader, has been the subject of countless books, documentaries and feature films.

Darryl gears up and prepares for a busy day on the job, ready to tackle concrete tasks.

Nelson Mandela reflects on his life and political struggle in the Sundance documentary 'Troublemaker,' directed by Antoine ...

Nelson Mandela’s words are often quoted in moments of celebration or motivation, but many of them were shaped by long periods ...

It was truly a moment that went beyond sports.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist who was married to Nelson Mandela for nearly four decades, died in Johannesburg at age 81 on Monday after what her spokesman called ...

Constructed in 1945 in the Orlando West section of Soweto, Johannesburg, the Mandela House became the home for Nelson Mandela (also known as Madiba) and his first wife, Evelyn Ntoko Mase in 1946.

As a Times correspondent in South Africa during the final violent spasms of the apartheid regime and the jubilant election of the country’s first black president in 1994, I noticed something odd about ...