These are a few lines from the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley, which Nelson Mandela kept on his bare wall in prison. And the lines above, and the poem as a whole are such a beautiful ...

Since Nelson Mandela died on Thursday ... Yesterday, the U.S. State Department unveiled a tribute poem written by Dr. Maya Angelou for Mandela "on behalf of the American people." ...

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He shares a poem he wrote about Nelson Mandela. Poem: Nelson Mandela, 'An Ordinary Man' On Sunday, South Africans will lay to rest the remains of Nelson Mandela. The legacy left by the activist ...

This is the poem Nelson Mandela and fellow jailed anti-apartheid campaigner Andrew Mlangeni used to read to each other in their Robben Island cell. It's called Invictus by William Ernest Henley ...

Maya Angelou, the 85-year-old American poet who first met Nelson Mandela in the 1960s, composed “His Day is Done” for her friend, who died Thursday. Here, she recites the tribute in a video ...

Nelson Mandela was loved and admired the world over ... He drew his inspiration from a poem While he was in prison, Mandela would read William Ernest Henley's "Invictus" to fellow prisoners.

The city’s embattled schools chief had the audience at his annual address Tuesday oddly read a poem with him that Nelson Mandela “recited everyday while locked up”— after delivering a ...

Nelson Mandela, a former prisoner who had been reviled ... a piece of paper with the Victorian poem "Invictus" written on it -- never actually happened. "That particular poem was important to ...

We celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day every year to shine light on the legacy of a man who changed the 20th century and helped shape the 21st. This is a moment for all to renew with the values ...