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… struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor, …

… for the English colony of Nevis. There they defended the island against French invasion. Kidd was then employed as a …

… sugar cane grown in Natal that was brought from Reunion Island. This Are was acquired in the 1880's, by Charles …

… other states like Mysore as well as Mauritius and Reunion Island (probably those who already served indenture there). …

… da Boa Gente ('land of the good people'). At Mozambique Island, they forcefully engaged two Arab pilots and when the …

… continue her work with the UDF and visit Walter on Robben Island. Asvat also continued to give Albertina wages during …

… and produced a book entitled, Learning from Robben Island, which is a collection of essays ranging from … to say. The ANC had spoken. With our long stay on Robben Island, we the younger generation, also regarded them as … sense of loss as well as due to the time I spent on Robben Island with Oom Gov and other comrades. Most importantly, due …

… we are still grappling with today. If Cape Town's Robben Island was for centuries the symbol of repression, this city … of our history is both a strength and a challenge. The Island has become a monument of the struggle for democracy, …

… get into the water with the mighty great white shark. Dyer Island is a small, but rewarding, nature reserve that is the …

… lagoon where cows will most probably be waiting on the island. Or take a mountain bike, routes to suit every rider …

… Dutch home which was the first house built on Woodbridge Island in 1929. It was built by Sir David Graaf and used by …

… estuary, the area between the river mouth, around the island and up to the N2 road bridge is great for canoeing. …

… leading figures of the movement were released from Robben Island. 1980 South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) … demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island.  18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 1 June, … , Andrew Mlangeni and Nelson Mandela are moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison. They are later joined by Ahmed …

… Akram Khan from the UK, Valerie Berger from Reunion Island and Pascal Montrouge from France. These artists … International companies included Eric Languet (La Reunion island) and Konexion Hip Hop Company from France. A series of …

… SWAPO who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Robben Island, off Cape Town’s coast. In 1966, SWAPO established the …

… do hard labour. For example, political prisoners on Robben Island worked mainly in quarries. A particularly notorious …

… The site is now an octagonal memorial erected on a traffic island in remembrance of the very large number of slaves that …

… ANC political prisoner, was incarcerated on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela following the historic Rivonia …

… was your sentence? SS Ten years. CDV Ten years on Robben Island?  How did you feel when you heard that? SS You know … we, because I want to talk in more depth about Robben Island, but I am just curious when you speak about that … see.   CDV So how old were you when you arrived on Robben Island? SS Twenty three. CDV Twenty three; that’s my age; and …

… that another Damon from Malabar was banished to Robben Island 12km away from Cape Town to work in chains for 15 … Nelson Mandela incidentally, was also interred in Robben Island for 27 years. Today Robben Island, thanks to Nelson Mandela is a tourist attraction, but …

… Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in our midst, for Robben Island is in sight of Table Mountain and Pollsmoor Prison is … in South Africa. While he and his comrades on Robben Island were sent to break stones and pull seaweed out of the … novel ‘Burger’s Daughter’ was smuggled into his Robben Island cell, and the message smuggled back was that he …

… has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the … the National Archives in Pretoria; the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive at the University of the Western …

… last requests before he died in exile on St. Helena island ! The British Royal Family and Fredrick the Great of …

… At the end of hostilities Mditswa was banished to Robben Island, while the magisterial seat, still known as Tsolo, was …

… given lessor sentences including imprisonment on Robben Island. …

… , Nyanga , Parow , Philadelphia , Philippi , Robben Island , Scarborough , Simon's Town , Sir Lowry's Pass , …

… holding a snake in its beak. They found the eagle on an island in Lake Texcoco, where they settled. According to … and part of Brazil. In 1620 they began to colonise the island of St Maarten in what was to become the Netherlands … 1625, both the British and the Dutch formed a base on the island St. Croix. This led to conflict, and 25 years later …