Robben Island: Symbol of ResistanceThis text tells the story of Robben Island. For more than four centuries it has been a place of banishment, exile and imprisonment but, since the 1960s, it has become an international symbol of the brutality of apartheid on one hand and of human dignity on the other. |
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African History Ahmed Kathrada allowed Anti-Apartheid apartheid armed struggle Autshumato banned Bloubergstrand boat British buildings campaign Cape Town CD-ROM common-law prisoners communal cells convicted Dutch rule East Indies Elias Motsoaledi exile explorers freedom future Gouws Govan Mbeki Hadje Matarim harbour hospital human Hunger strikes imprisoned Indres Naidoo Island prisoners isolation Karamat Khoisan Koranna Krotoa land leaders leadership Lesotho letters lime quarry lived lunatics Mac Maharaj mainland Makana Maqoma Mayibuye Books Mayibuye Centre Michael Dingake Mlangeni movements Muslim Namibians Nelson Mandela Neville Alexander newspapers organisations patients PEACE CENTRE peace institute penguin political prisoners Pretoria prison authorities Prisoner's prisoners in South prisoners on Robben protest recreation released Riebeeck Rivonia Trial Robert Sobukwe SACHED Books sailors sent to Robben sentenced sheep single cells South Africa Southern Africa strandlopers Table Bay Toivo ja Toivo trade visits Walter Sisulu warders Xhosa