Nov 10th, 2008 · South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba died Sunday at age 76. In a letter of tribute, Nelson Mandela said, "Her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us." Talk of the Nation remembers her with a 1988 recording of Mosadi Ku Rima.
Jul 18th, 2008 · When he stood up in a South African courtroom during his treason trial in 1964, Nelson Mandela declared that he was "prepared to die" for his cause. On Mandela's 90th birthday, we look back at that pivotal moment when he became a worldwide symbol of the struggle for freedom and democracy.
Jul 1st, 2008 · African leaders met this week, but economic issues were pushed aside in lieu of Zimbabwe's political crisis. Also, Congress votes to remove Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress from the U.S. terror watch list. To get caught up, Farai welcomes Emira Woods of the Institute for Policy Studies.
Jun 10th, 2008 · Nelson Mandela's vision of a "rainbow nation" is still far from being fulfilled. Much tension still exists between black and white South Africans. This tension has boiled over into violence in several recent incidents.
Jan 16th, 2007 · The party of Nelson Mandela has supplied the nation's president since apartheid gave way to majority black rule, must elect a new leader at the end of the year. It's not a clear choice.
Nov 7th, 2006 · Farai Chideya talks with Mac Maharaj, who served 12 years in prison with Nelson Mandela. Maharaj is one of two editorial consultants on the new book Mandela -- The Authorized Portrait and is also a board member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Nov 1st, 2006 · South Africa's last hard-line white president has died. P.W. Botha was 90. He oversaw South Africa's worst racial violence, and international isolation, in the years 1978 to 1989. But Nelson Mandela noted Botha also played a role in the end of the country's apartheid government. Renee Montagne talks to former South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha (no relation) about the former president's death.
Jul 18th, 2006 · Palm Pictures founder Chris Blackwell and film director Jo Menell talk with Farai Chideya about their film and multimedia documentary, Palm World Voices: Mandela. The film covers the life of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, who is turning 88.