Nelson Mandela dies at his home in Johannesburg

Mandela died at age 95 after a prolonged respiratory illness. His death was announced by President Jacob Zuma. A decolonial biography records the global mourning while keeping the focus on the people and movements that made the anti-apartheid struggle: organizers, workers, women, youth, rural communities, political prisoners and international solidarity networks. His legacy includes democratic institutions and a powerful language of dignity, alongside unfinished struggles over land, wealth, work and the consequences of apartheid.