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

In honor of Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday: a story about a book, known as the Robben Island Bible. Prisoners weren't allowed to have reading material — one prisoner was finally allowed one book.

Reviewed by Peter Howard After 27 years of confinement, Nelson Mandela was released from the notorious Robben Island prison on Feb. 11, 1990. Within four years, the former freedom fighter had won ...

Nelson Mandela spent almost three decades in jail, but he wasn’t alone – he had two Indian goddesses and a 17th century playwright for company. Locked in solitary confinement on Robben Island ...

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. Scott Applewhite/AP ...

Nelson Mandela wears his Robben Island prisoner number, 46664, at a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 1, 2007. All the island’s accommodations were meager, and many inmates ...

Nelson Mandela on Robben Island in 1966, four years after his arrival. Conditions were primitive and the regime brutal. He was to serve another 23 years before finally walking to freedom ...

Nelson Mandela spent almost three decades in jail, but he wasn’t alone – he had two Indian goddesses and a 17th century playwright for company. Locked in solitary confinement on Robben Island ...

New York auction house Guernsey's has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader's belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island.

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.