Discover the profound impact of Nelson Mandela through literature. This article highlights essential books that celebrate his ...

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.

But nothing struck a chord for Pike more than his experience at Robben Island, where former South African leader Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his sentence.

Single cells facing the B-Section courtyard of Robben Island Maximum Security Prison; Nelson Mandela’s cell is the fourth cell from the left (via Wikimedia Commons) On January 28, New York ...

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.

The Prisoner In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years.

1964 Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence. 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the Solar System.

President Biden again claimed over the weekend that he was detained by South African authorities while trying to visit Nelson Mandela in prison in the 1970s.

A coffee table book authored by Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Dr. Pumla Makaziwe Mandela, takes a look at the family man behind the statesman with never-before-seen private photography.

Plans to auction off the key that kept Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and legendary anti-apartheid activist, behind bars are off.