Robben Island (prison)
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robben-island-prison-176-230353
title:
Robben Island (prison)
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Robben Island Prison is an inactive prison on Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid. Since then, three former inmates of the prison have gone on to become President of South Africa. It is a South African National Heritage Site as well as a UNESCO World Heritage
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Former prison off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robben_Island_(prison)
date created:
2018-07-30T10:20:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:05:33Z
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