Nelson Mandela, the revolutionary-turned-prisoner-turned-president who led South Africa out of apartheid and into an era of political and racial reconciliation, passed away on Dec. 5, 2013.

Nelson Mandela adopts a boxing pose, circa 1950 Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Young lawyer Nelson Mandela is pictured circa 1952 in a ...

Nelson Mandela wrote a will on a single sheet of A4 paper in which he asked to be buried on a remote hillside in his ancestral home of Qunu, it has emerged. The former South African president ...

A shepherd tends to his flock in Nelson Mandela's ancestral home of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Credit: Photo: CARL DE SOUZA ... he wrote a will on a single page of A4 paper instructing his family ...

The photos below capture his fight for human rights and his lifelong leadership. Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela salutes supporters while addressing a ...

but="" serious="" /> File photo taken on May 15, 2004 shows the former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela (R) holding the Titan Cup as South Africa was announced to host the 2010 FIFA World ...

Nelson Mandela visits his former cell in the Robben Island prison where he spent 19 of his 27 years in jail Photo: AFP POLOKWANE – Today, four years ago, Nelson Mandela passed away in his home ...