Robben Island was once notorious as the prison home of many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, including former South African president Nelson Mandela. Today, school children, university ...

The British Museum touts the “Robben Island Bible,” signed by Nelson Mandela, as iconic. But the African National Congress disagrees.

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 ...