The Island: A History of Robben Island, 1488-1990Harriet Deacon Robben Island is a low-lying outcrop of rock and sand guarding the entrance to South Africa's Table Bay. Although it is just a few kilometres long and a barely swimmable distance from Cape Town, it may well be the most significant historical site in South Africa today. |
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Ahmed Kathrada Alexander apartheid arrived asylum Autshumato Babenia Bandieten banished Battery began Black Consciousness Movement British Cape Town century chronic sick classification coastal coloured conflict convicts criminal defences Dingake Dutch early European exile frontier Gail Gerhart Govan Mbeki hard labour Harry Gwala hunger strike important imprisonment improvements Indiaanen Infirmary inmates institutions interview Jacobsz Johnson Mlambo Kathrada Khoikhoi Langalibalele leaders lepers leprosy lunatics mainland Maqoma Mayibuye Centre ment military Minutes of evidence Motlanthe Nelson Mandela Office Old Somerset Hospital older oners organisations patients penguins political prisoners Postholder pris prisoners on Robben privileges protest punishment racial Raven-Hart recruitment release Riebeeck Riebeeck's Diary Robben Island Dossier Robben Island prison role SASO segregation Select Committee sent to Robben sentenced settlement sheep ships slaves soldiers South African Soweto sport struggle Table Bay tion uMkhonto weSizwe uprising Venkatrathnam warders Western Cape Xhosa youth Zephania Mothopeng
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins Limited preview - 2005 |