QUNU, South Africa >> Anti-apartheid champion Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village on Sunday after a funeral that mixed ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, ...

QUNU, South Africa — Anti-apartheid champion Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village on Sunday after a funeral that mixed ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, ...

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QUNU, South Africa >> The rural home where Nelson Mandela grew up in the 1920s had mud walls, a grass thatched roof, and a floor polished smooth with cow dung. When throngs flood Mandela’s hometown on ...

Some African leaders transformed their home villages into monuments glorifying themselves. Nelson Mandela rejected such extravagance and will be... For Burial, Mandela Will Return To His Beloved ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's body was being flown on Saturday to South Africa's Eastern Cape region, headed for a state funeral on Sunday in his ancestral village after a send-off for the ...

Gardeners mowed the lawn outside the tiny museum honoring local hero Nelson Mandela on Thursday, while a work crew laid new tarmac on the road outside his house and a school choir rehearsed a song ...

JOHANNESBURG - Former South African President Nelson Mandela made a rare public appearance Wednesday when the African National Congress party brought its centenary celebrations to his home village.

When a towering figure like Nelson Mandela dies — a revolutionary, an emancipator, South Africa’s first black president, one of the most beloved figures ever in the struggle against not just apartheid ...

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