(Los Angeles Times) – Early one weekend morning, just after the nightclubs had closed, three young white men ambled into the harsh fluorescent light of...
George Stark, DAILYMAIL.CO.UK (The Daily Mail)—Madonna has apologized after she posted Instagram photos of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela that were altered to look...
(BBC) – It does not seem that it was a year ago that South Africans danced and sang in the streets all night to remember...
(New York Times) – It was a death long foretold that drew mourners from his own nation and across the globe. But on Friday, one year...
(Daily Mail) – Mpumelelo Masinga takes a deep drag from his cigarette, his hand trembling with apprehension. Masinga is preparing to spend three hours at Black...
(USA Today) – It’s Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela’s birthday. Mandela, the former president of South Africa...
David Smith, THE GUARDIAN JOHANNESBURG (The Guardian)—As Nelson Mandela‘s coffin was slowly lowered into the ground in the hills close to where he grew up, his...
[Daily Star] JOHANNESBURG: Twenty years after the euphoria of South Africa’s first democratic elections swept liberation hero Nelson Mandela to power, the ruling party faces its toughest...
[The Times of India] LONDON – Nelson Mandela’s name will be etched on stone at the Westminster Abbey. The Abbey which is a living pageant of British...
Lyndia Grant by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Faith in action is the topic of discussion for this column. I’m amazed...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s estate, worth roughly $4.1 million, will be shared between his family, members of his staff, schools that...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist All across the world last month, people joined together to mourn former South African president and freedom fighter Nelson...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – Nearly a month after his death, there is a bitter struggle to define – and,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – It’s not easy walking in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first democratically elected...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty...
NEWS ANALYSIS By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – President Obama and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the tradition of the Black Church in America, the right hand of fellowship handshake is extended as...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do you begin to talk about the greatness of Nelson Mandela? The world has been blessed with very...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist As chairman of Freedom, Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio, a community-based, Pan Africanist organization, I was privileged to be among...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief QUNU, South Africa (NNPA) – With a rich mixture of ceremonial military pomp and ancient tribal customs, Nelson Mandela,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – Most of the leaders and dignitaries who converged on this capital city last Monday...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief SOWETO, South Africa (NNPA) – President Barack Obama described Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black elected president, as...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist If I close my eyes, I can remember 1984. I am among those running from meeting to meeting working...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As millions of people throughout world mourn and celebrate the life and living legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Many conservatives who actively opposed Nelson Mandela’s protracted struggle to establish democracy in White minority-ruled South Africa are trying to...
