History Today: When Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years
Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...
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Idris Elba Spent 'A Night' in Prison Cell to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
"In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...
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February 11, Nelson Mandela released from prison
On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...
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Idris Elba Spent A Night In Prison Cell To Prep For A Role: ‘It Was A Scary Experience’
Elba explained… In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12km outside Cape Town, where Mandela ...
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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island ... South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount ...
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The Prisoner
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 ...
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Mandela's dream of non-racial, just society still to be realised, says Mac Maharaj
Anti-apartheid activist and Mandela’s friend, Mac Maharaj said South Africa still has to continue to fight for a just and ...
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Idris Elba Recalls Spending ‘A Night’ in South African Prison to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...
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35 years since Nelson Mandela's release from prison
The Nelson Mandela Museum, in partnership with Robben Island and Iziko Museums collaborated to host the event commemorating 35 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.
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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela ... in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to ...
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The Prisoner
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 ...