ຊາວອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້ ລະນຶກເຖິງ ມື້ລາງທ່ານ Nelson Mandela

A young boy tried to squeeze his name onto a Mandela poster outside his home in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Messages of thanks and sadness are written on a giant poster outside Mandela's home in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Mandela fans leave tributes outside his former home in Houghton, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Crowds sing and chant outside Mandela's Houghton home in South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Crowds sing and dance outside Mandela's former home in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Mandela fans pose outside his home in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Mandela posters in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Mandela merchandise is flying off street corners in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Nomalady Zondo says black South Africans are still not economically free and must fight for equal rights.(Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Thabo Tobedi fashioned earrings from keyrings to honor his hero Mandiba who he says was responsible for the social welfare still clothing and feeding many of the nation's black South Africans. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Tourists have been visiting or posing by Mandela's house in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)

Crowds gather in Soweto, South Africa. (Hannah McNeish for VOA)