Nelson Mandela was buried in his childhood village of Qunu on Sunday as tribal leaders clad in animal skins joined dignitaries in dark suits at the grave site overlooking the rolling green hills. As ...

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 ...

Nelson Mandela was buried in his childhood village of Qunu, South Africa, on Sunday, ending the journey of the singular man who went from prisoner to president and revolutionized South Africa.

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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 ...

The (former Transkei) village where Nelson Mandela was born has received a health boost in the form of a mobile clinic donated by an American non-profit organisation. Eastern Cape health department ...

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 ...

When Nelson Mandela died last week, the internet had its own sort of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which went rather less well than South Africa’s. But this sort of hypocrisy is only of mild ...

Sunday, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in the rural homestead of Qunu, South Africa. NPR's Gregory Warner joins Rachel Martin to talk about the... Mandela Is Laid To Rest In His Beloved Village ...