Nelson Mandela

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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2005, file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela, 87, is in a jovial mood at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, where he met with the winner and runner-up of the local "Idols" competition. South Africa's president says, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, that Mandela has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

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President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela gives the "black power" salute to his supporters after his arrival at a rally in the rural town of Ingwavuma in northern natal Saturday, Nov. 20, 1993. Mandela is campaigning for the April 27, 1993 elections in Natal, one of the most violent regions in South Africa. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

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African National Congress President Nelson Mandela salutes the crowd in Galeshewe Stadium near Kimberley, South Africa, before a "People's Forum?" Friday, Feb. 25, 1994. Mandela is on a three-day campaign swing for the April all-race general election through the Northern Cape Province. Mandela called on supporters on Friday to stop chasing President F.W. de Klerk from black areas, saying the ANC could win April?s election ?hands down? without help from hecklers. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

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ANC leader Nelson Mandela in a jubilant pose after casting his vote on Wednesday, April 27, 1994 at Ohlange High School hall in Inanda, 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of Durban, for South Africa' s first all-race elections. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela reacts as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued Saturday Feb. 25, 2012 about the 93-year-old anti-apartheid icon. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

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FILE - This July 18, 2012 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa. Many South Africans are caught in an emotional reckoning. They celebrate Mandela, a father figure, whose jail-time sacrifice and peacemaking role in the transition from apartheid to democracy resonated worldwide, but they face the hard road of trying to emulate his example and implement his legacy after he is gone. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, 94, at his home in Qunu, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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President Nelson Mandela, right, kisses his wife Winnie Mandela at a rally in Cape Town in early 1993. (AP Photo / Benny Gool)

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles during his meeting with a group of Mandela Rhodes Scholars for 2006, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006. Mandela, fresh from a two-week holiday in Mauritius, was in high spirits when he met the 15 students chosen to benefit from a scholarship of which he is the patron. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, left, during the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in honour of Mandela who turned 87 Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela gives the "black power" salute to his supporters after his arrival at a rally in the rural town of Ingwavuma in northern natal Saturday, Nov. 20, 1993. Mandela is campaigning for the April 27, 1993 elections in Natal, one of the most violent regions in South Africa. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

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Deputy leader of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie waving from a Strasbourg's Town Hall balcony Wednesday, June 13, 1990. Mandela is here to address the European Parliament regarding economical sanctions against South Africa. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

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African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela at a press conference on Thursday, March 31, 1994 in Johannesburg in which he commented on South African President F.W de Klerk's declaration of the state of emergency in KwaZulu and Natal province. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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President Bill Clinton, left, and Nelson Mandela listen during Fourth of July ceremonies in Philadelphia during which Clinton presented the Philadelphia Liberty Medal to the African National Congress president and South African President F.W. de Klerk Sunday, July 4, 1993. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

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Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon his release from Victor prison, Cape Town, Sunday, February 11, 1990. The African National Congress leader had served over 27 years in detention. (AP Photo)