1. Introduction: prison as a source of politics -- 2. Politics and prison: a background -- 3. Resistance for survival -- 4. Resistance beyond survival -- 5. Prisoner politics and organization on ...

Discover how sport became a powerful tool for resilience and self-organisation among political prisoners on Robben Island, as Dr Vanessa Mitchell reveals the transformative role of athletic activities ...

Just 10 kilometers off the coast of Cape Town sits Robben Island, the infamous prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years ...

Speaking at the memorial service of late Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota, African National Congress (ANC) veteran Tokyo Sexwale says laughter kept struggle stalwarts alive while in ...

AFA copy 39088019764646 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its ...

The White House has released new photos from President Barack Obama's trip to Africa, including ones from his family's visit to the Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela served 18 years before the ...

Unlike many struggle veterans, Kathrada never held public political office after the fall of apartheid. South Africas anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela, was ...

Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island, by Ashwin Desai is a slender volume that contains a gigantic book. Time seems to bend, slow down, expand and contract as we read it, as the eons of ...