Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. Mandela was released Feb. 11, 1990 after 27 years in prison, most of it spent on Cape Town's Robben Island. In ...

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson is to play Winnie Mandela in a film charting the turbulent life and times of the ex-wife of South Africa's first black president, it was reported Wednesday. Hudson, who scooped a best supporting actress Oscar in 2007 for her performance in the musical "Dreamgirls", told Daily Variety the film would bring a "powerful part of ...

Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe. OK, the last sounded better before the translation. But my husband and even my 5-year-old daughter are more adventurous eaters than I am. We all find something tempting at the buffet at ...