Nelson Mandela with wife Winnie as he is releasedNelson Mandela visiting Pietermaritzburg, a black township in the Natal provinceNelson Mandela and friends sing 'Nikosi Sikelel I Afrika' at the end of the treason trial 29 Mar 1961Plaque that marks the days Mandela spent in prisonThe prison cell where Mandela spent his time on Robben IslandMandela spent many of his 27 years in Robben Island
Photo montage - designed to mark the release of the anti-apartheid activistMandela - ANC Leader in 1956On the day of his release Mandela wrote to his prison guard James GregoryNelson & Winnie shortly after his release from prisonAnti Apartheid Demonstration at Witwatersrand University, JohannesburgNelson Mandela Concert at the Wembley Stadium, London 1990Nelson Mandela - Freed on 11 February 1990