Christo Brand, though he was Nelson Mandela’s jailer on Robben Island, became close to the South African political prisoner and they considered themselves friends.

Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of captivity on Robben Island. He was a political prisoner of South Africa's apartheid governmentand a leader-in-waiting to the country he would unite through his ...

In his tribute to Nelson Mandela, U.S. President Barack Obama said it takes "a man like Madiba not just to free the prisoner but the jailer as well." Mandela met those jailers on Robben Island, a ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

Mandela spent 27 years in prison for campaigning to end white minority rule. Eighteen of those years were spent on Robben Island, an island off Cape Town.

The collaborative initiative by Google and Robben Island Museum produced a virtual guided tour of the island that includes a virtual visit to Nelson Mandela’s cell and Robert Sobukwe’s house.

His tiny cell measured 6.5 by 6.5 feet and he spent most of his time there digging up rocks. He was allowed one visitor a year. Mandela’s cell on Robben Island was bare and only included a ...

Football gave them a sense of freedom and focus, and forged a strong sense of community. Mandela, who was jailed at Robben Island from 1964-1982 was forbidden from participating.

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 ...