A child looks up at a giant bronze statue of former president Nelson Mandela yesterday in Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG — South Africans erupted in song, dance and tears ...

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Elysian Charter School third graders perform African dance at its 15th annual Kuuma celebration in honor of the late Nelson Mandela. (Courtesy of Elysian Charter School) Third graders at the Elysian ...

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Tens of thousands of South Africans and dozens of world leaders and dignitaries came to a rainy soccer stadium in Soweto, South Africa today to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. President Obama took the ...

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JOHANNESBURG — Themba Radebe spun slowly in a circle. First he pointed his cellphone camera at a group of children chanting Nelson Mandela's name as they waved posters of the anti-apartheid champion.

Thousands gathered to remember and celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela Tuesday despite a downpour of rain. As one attendee said, "Mandela endured 27 years in prison. I can suffer through a day of ...