Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said that after reading Mandela's autobiography she "had the honor of visiting his jail cell on a family trip to South Africa in 2004." Skip to Article Set weather ...

After visiting the jail cell on South Africa's Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison during the long struggle against apartheid, President Obama wrote on Sunday ...

Nelson Mandela addresses residents of a squatter camp in 1990. The anti-apartheid crusader will be buried in the village of Qunu, where he grew up. Show Caption ...

However, according to research, Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year prison sentence on Robben Island, and was transferred to Robben Island from Pretoria in 1964 and remained there until 1982.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa – President Obama and his family visited this historic island on Sunday, taking a solemn tour of the cell where Nelson Mandela was jailed for decades.

The question from President Mandela’s press aide left me momentarily speechless. It was October 1996, and I was in South Africa reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and working ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - President Barack Obama will on Sunday stare into the stark cell where Mr Nelson Mandela spent years as prisoner of a racist regime, in a visit paying homage to his hero after ...

Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, in this photo from March 27, 1998.

Nelson Mandela revisits his cell at Robben Island in 1994. A night in his iconic 2.4 metres by 2.1 metres concrete cell will now be auctioned for charity to mark the centenary of prisoner number ...

This month, Guernsey’s will hold an online auction of memorabilia related to South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. Close Sign In ...

Nelson Mandela, left, and former US president Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela’s Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, March 27, 1998.