Plus his real birth name and how he got to be called Nelson NELSON Mandela was a globally hailed hero who fought for freedom and the end of the apartheid struggle ... from prison after 27 years.

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom ... in a prison cell on Robben Island, which ...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island. He would become the most famous political prisoner in the world, and his freedom became a central demand ...

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary ... During his tenure in prison, Mandela regularly encountered a few repeated scenes; the view from his cell window, the gym facilities, and the ...

(CNN)-- Whether talking about his time in prison ... Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance far beyond their original context. Here are a few of his memorable quotes. On his freedom ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

It was the following year that Mandela secretly left South Africa in order to attend the Conference of the Pan African Freedom ... total in prison. Nelson Mandela’s old prison cell on Robben ...