Nelson Mandela TIME Covers Throughout the Years
A glimpse at the anti-apartheid icon’s impact through six magazine covers.
TIME Honors Nelson Mandela with Commemorative Issue
Cover features a 1990 photograph of the South African leader
World Leaders Mourn the Death of Nelson Mandela
President Obama, Prime Minister Cameron and Secretary General Ban Ki Moon are among the many across the globe who paid tribute to the South African leader who died on Thursday
Paul Kagame on Nelson Mandela: a Politician Capable of the Remarkable
The president of Rwanda recalls his fellow African leader
A Leader and a Champion
South Africa’s rugby captain remembers when Mandela used sport for national healing
Celebrities React To Mandela’s Passing
American and other Western celebrities mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s inspirational freedom fighter and first black President.
South Africa Faces Difficulties After Mandela
Dignitaries from all over the world are expected to attend his funeral
Freeman: How I Got to Play the Hero
An actor recalls the moment Nelson Mandela changed his life
The Indispensable Man: Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Mandela made himself indispensable by dispensing with the things that empowered tyrants: pride, power, anger and vengeance
Bono Honors The Man Who Could Not Cry
Humor, humility and the ability to compromise were the marks of the man
Nelson Mandela, 1918–2013: Remembering an Icon of Freedom
TIME’s former managing editor writes about the man he knew — a prisoner turned peacemaker who carried South Africa out of apartheid and changed the world
Priest to Marry Mother of His Love Child After Leaving Church
Bride-to-be is daughter of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, one of the highest-ranking women in the church