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BiographyFrantz Fanon
… years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his …
BiographyAnne-Marie Wolpe
… This resulted in the family taking holidays on a tiny island off the coast of Yugoslavia. When the family returned …
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
… in English literature. In 1972 she taught at Statten Island Community College. She later moved to teach in the …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… leaving the country without a passport 1963 He is sent to Robben Island Mandela returns to Pretoria Local Prison He appears in … 1982 Mandela is moved from…
BiographyDan Sleigh
South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… servant in van Riebeeck’s household, he was banished to Robben Island for two years. Autshumato was released and reinstated … first imprisoned at the fort…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… 1989, Mbuli helped welcome back prisoners released from Robben Island in a ceremony, but his own legal troubles continued. …
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Abram Ben Mgulwa Dr Aubrey Mokoape had spent 2 yrs in Robben Island before going to Natal Aubrey Mokoena Local Chairman of …
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable love story … Walter and Albertina Sisulu…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. Padmore’s reaction to this new situation was less … Yet Abrahams’ book about the experience,…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… but one went to prison. Eddie Daniels served 15 years on Robben Island and Hugh Lewin served seven years. In 2011, Hugh Lewin …
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… and expansionism in the East Indies was banished to Robben Island at the Cape. Tuan Guru, a prince from Tidore in the Ternate Islands, was also sent to the…
English Settlement in South Africa
… shores to trade with the Khoikhoi. The British also used Robben Island , located a few kilometres from Table Bay, as a goal. … brought from England to leave…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… pilot and asked me where I was from. "I work on an island on the other side of the world" , I replied, being … I had looked down across the city and the…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… they incurred the wrath of their insatiable masters. As island-prison you were too small to hold Autshumato … soul― Deela Khan Extract from: Engaging the…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… Kathrada, Mhlaba and Mlangeni were suddenly moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Maximum Security prison. Here the … open space and interaction with other…
BiographyJane Alexander
… de Arte Moderno (CAAM) in Las Palmas City, Gran Canaria Island in 2017.The exhibition features a few of South …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… joins the ANCYL at Fort Hare. House number T159 on Robben Island where Robert Sobukwe was detained isolated from other … invoked until 1968. Sobukwe is…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… During the same period the area around Table Bay and Robben Island were increasingly used by the Dutch and British. For instance in 1611, Dutch sailors were…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… acts of sabotage. 13 June, At the age of 34, he arrives on Robben Island where he spends the next 18 years with his colleagues … History and African Politics…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… from Europe. Van Riebeeck’s men kept sheep and rabbits on Robben Island. They hunted seals, penguins and wild animals. Robben Island in Cape Town Image…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… control and their chiefs were imprisoned or exiled to Robben Island . The island and the incarceration of the Xhosa chiefs such as …
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… where they are built or what they are used for. Therefore, Robben Island, the Cradle of Humankind at the caves of Sterkfontein, …
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… of Sheikh Yusuf at Faure (Macassar). The old tomb on Robben Island completes the circle. Etiquette on visiting a Kramat: … OF SAYED ABDURAHMAN MOTURA- CO…
African National Congress of South Africa: A brief on political prisoners
… and other issues, written by political prisoners in Robben Island Prison, to the Commanding Officer of Robben Island Prison. Included is a covering letter…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ … eighteen. Due to insufficient…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island. From Robben Island he was transferred to Pollsmoor prison and then …
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… thirteen. He was arrested and served life imprisonment on Robben Island for his involvement in MK. Mkwayi had to fight Robben Island prison authorities for…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… traders tend to bypass the Cape itself, relying on Robben Island for fresh meat and water. 1554 24 April, The …
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… President Nelson Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor from Robben Island before being sent to Victor Verster Prison prior to … activists, were also…