Robben Island : a place of inspiration : Mandela's prison island /

Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its history steeped in the suffering of those banished there. Yet it has also become a universal symbol of hope, forgiveness, and triumph. With a storyteller'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Charlene
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Cape Town] : Struik Travel & Heritage, 2013.
Edition:	2nd. ed.
Subjects:	Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013 > Imprisonment. Robben Island (South Africa) > History. Political prisoners > South Africa > Robben Island. Prisons > South Africa > Robben Island.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Lawbreakers, lunatics, lepers, and hope
Birds, deer, and impertinent sharks
Of whales and ships, and sealing wax
Escapes : looking for the road
Honour dies : the Xhosa chiefs
The second world war
The last days of October
The 1960s : years of terror
The warders
The 1970s : years of struggle
The 1980s : How to we release them?
The time God chooses
Touring Robben Island.