The problem with a film biography of someone like Nelson Mandela (was there anyone like Nelson Mandela?) is the self-imposed tiptoeing required in the Great Man school of moviemaking. The triumphs ...

Farai Chideya talks with Mac Maharaj, who served 12 years in prison with Nelson Mandela. Maharaj is one of two editorial consultants on the new book Mandela — The Authorized Portrait and is also a ...

The biography-in-comics covers Mandela’s early life and teen years; his rise through the ranks of the African National Congress; his courageous role in the destruction of South Africa’s system of ...

Anthony Sampson, 78, a British journalist and biographer of former South African President Nelson Mandela, died Saturday at his home in Wiltshire, England, of unspecified causes. Most recently a ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black ...

February is Black History Month, but we'd all do well to realize that black history isn't just for African-Americans, it's for all of us. Support real journalism. Support local journalism. Subscribe ...

Netflix has issued its last call for movies and shows that will leave the streaming platform come March, so if you want some feel-good holiday classics, fun animated features, and good comedy, you ...