South African President Nelson Mandela, right, shakes hands with Namibian President Sam Nujoma at the presidential residence in Pretoria, South Africa, June 1, 1999, ...

Sam Nujoma, the revolutionary leader who guided Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died at 95. Hailed as Namibia’s ...

Pauletta and Denzel Washington may disagree about who initiated their romance, but with 41 years of marriage under their belt ...

Lauren Francis-Sharma’s piercing and provocative third novel, “ Casualties of Truth ,” opens in the mind of an unrepentant white South African policeman.

Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life experiences illustrate a determination to overcome obstacles and the transforming power of education ...

Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's posthumous pardon.

President-elect Donald Trump spent the past two years on the campaign trail making more than a dozen promises about what he would enact on his first day in office. Trump’s day-one plans are wide ...

Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson ... as the first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela ... served as the first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela died in ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...