Fifteen years after Mandela, South Africa heads to the polls
Fifteen years after Nelson Mandela swept to an historic victory to become the first black President of South Africa, today South Africans again head to the polls. As it has for the last fifteen years,...
View ArticleThe Controversy Behind Eastwood's "Invictus"
Director Clint Eastwood's latest, "Invictus," opens this weekend. The film shows Nelson Mandela shortly after his release from prison, as a new president working to unite a polarized South Africa by...
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President Mandela's Release, 20 Years On
20 years ago, former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from prison. He had spent 27 years behind bars, and his release came early in South Africa’s transition from an apartheid regime...
View ArticleForeign Press Coverage of Mandela's Health Raises Concerns
Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized with varying reports about his condition, which has deteriorated in recent days.President Obama, who is in Africa this week, called...
View ArticleSenator Rand Paul on NSA & Military Sexual Assault | Mandela Day In South...
Senator Rand Paul on the NSA Scandal & Military Sexual Assault | Mandela Day In South Africa and the U.S. | New Genetic Therapy Provides Breakthrough for Down Syndrome | What Not to Read | "Dear...
View ArticleMandela Day In South Africa and the U.S.
Today is Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday. The former South African president’s health may be declining, but that isn't stopping South Africans at home and abroad from celebrating his life and his...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Mourn Mandela
New Yorkers from the statehouse to the streets mourned South African anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela after his death on Thursday.Regular customers streamed into Madiba, the...
View ArticleMandela: An Audio History
Mandela: An Audio History is from the award-winning radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through intimate first-person accounts of Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought...
View ArticleCovering Mandela: A Journalist Reflects
The passing of Nelson Mandela has the entire world reflecting on his influence — positive and negative.For Americans who witnessed Mandela's efforts from abroad, he was a vaunted figure that was raised...
View ArticleCarrying Forward Mandela's Legacy
Today leaders from around the world converged on South Africa to pay their final respects to the late South African President Nelson Mandela.The ceremony began with a choir signing South Africa's...
View ArticleThe Photographer Behind "Selfie-Gate"
This week's media coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial service had little to do with the service itself. There was the unexpected handshake between President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro;...
View Article#65: Remembering Robben Island
Nelson Mandela famously spent 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid in South Africa. He was sentenced to life in 1964 for treason, along with 7 others. One of them was Ahmed Kathrada who...
View ArticleMandela: An Audio History
An award-winning radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through intimate first-person accounts of Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with him, and against him. Hosted...
View ArticleMandela’s Prison Years
While Mandela and other political leaders languished in prison, the government cracked down. It seemed that resistance to apartheid had been crushed. But on June 16, 1976, a student uprising in Soweto...
View ArticleFrom Prison to President
Four years after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he became president of South Africa. And yet, those 4 years were among the bloodiest and most painful for all South Africans – black and white...
View ArticleMandela's Vision of Freedom
Former President Barack Obama delivered the 16th annual Nelson Mandela lecture, ahead of what would have been the anti-apartheid leader’s 100th birthday this week. Mandela was a leader, activist, and...
View ArticleNelson Mandela at 100
Nelson Mandela would have been 100 years old this week. And we’re marking the anniversary by bringing you our documentary, Mandela: An Audio History. This award-winning series chronicles the struggle...
View Article#AskTheMayor; South Jersey Tax Breaks; Mandela's Nurturing & Hallie's Love;...
Coming up on today's show:New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in the city.Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, talks about her...
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