Nelson Mandela
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Background
A life in pictures
Photos of the lawyer, anti-apartheid fighter, prisoner and president
Going home to Qunu
Explore the village where Nelson Mandela herded sheep as a boy in the 1920s and where he will finally be laid to rest on Sunday.
Memorial Service
Big pictures of the serviceTens of thousands of people join world leaders at a memorial service in Johannesburg.
Obama hails 'a life like no other'
Who attended the event?
Sorrow turns to celebration
Grief drowned out
Lying in State
The daily routeHow the former leader's body travelled through Pretoria to Union Buildings.
Nelson Mandela lying in state ends
In pictures: Mandela lying in state
'I saw my Mandela.. and cried'
Funeral
Big picturesImages of Nelson Mandela' state funeral in his ancestral home in Qunu.
Emotional scenes at Mandela funeral
Death rites: A Xhosa burial
Mandela obituary read by grandson
Features and Analysis
End of a journeyFergal Keane: Mandela leaves country in good shape
Number plate tributeAnd nine other moments from Mandela's week of mourning
Forgotten heroesSome of the less well-known figures of the apartheid struggle risk being forgotten
War of attritionHow 27 years in prison affected Mandela's politics and personality
Mandela mapThe hundreds of locations named after Nelson Mandela
Mandela liberated meMilton Nkosi's relationship with the Mandelas
His economic legacyWhat economic legacy did Nelson Mandela leave for South Africa?
Master of disguiseAnd five other things you didn't know about Nelson Mandela
Mandela the soldierHow Ethiopia trained him in guerrilla warfare
Black and whiteMourning Mandela in Afrikaner heartland
A face unknown How a ban on Mandela's picture sealed his legend
Free societyWhat did Mandela really do for South Africa?
Famous speechThe courtroom address that sealed Mandela's reputation
Many faces of MandelaThe icon, reconciler, fighter and charmer
Global legacy Mandela's impact assessed by BBC journalists
Soweto sorrowSouth Africans mourn the loss of 'Tata Mandela'
Paying respectsYour photos of how you are honouring Nelson Mandela.
Meeting MandelaReaders' memories of the former South African president
Elsewhere on the BBC
From the archiveTen key moments in video
In his own words
Listen to Mandela's reflections as an ANC activist
Writing his autobiography
A fellow inmate who helped with Mandela's book
A close friend recalls
Ahmed Kathrada on his days with Mandela in prison
BBC Arena looks back
Two historic films on the life and work of Nelson Mandela

Mandela's friend: 'My life is in a void'
Mandela statue unveiled in Pretoria
Mandela buried at ancestral home
What is Nelson Mandela's legacy?
Zuma: 'Our journey must continue'
Qunu, the village where Mandela lived
Three ways to remember Mandela
Nelson Mandela's body taken home
Last to see Mandela body 'overcome'
Mandela: Security forces pay tribute
Bikers ride in memory of Mandela
Xhosa pronunciation: A short lesson
Qunu locals unhappy at funeral plans
Mandela: Reliving a moment of history
Mandela's legacy of forgiveness
Fears for a future without Mandela
Family on a 'towering' Mandela
Zuma announces Mandela's death
'My mother cried: Now you are free'
Nelson Mandela on his legacy

A life in pictures

Going home to Qunu
Big pictures of the service
The daily route
Big pictures
End of a journey
Number plate tribute
Forgotten heroes
War of attrition
Mandela map
Mandela liberated me
His economic legacy
Master of disguise
Mandela the soldier
Black and white
A face unknown
Free society
Famous speech
Many faces of Mandela
Global legacy
Soweto sorrow
Paying respects
Meeting Mandela
From the archive