Robben Island from Table Mountain
I guess most people relate Robben Island to Nelson Mandela, who spent 18 years of his 27 years in prison there. The Dutch used it to send political prisoners from the Dutch East Indies there, and when the Brits took over in the Cape, they too used the island to imprison those who resisted their rule.
For a period in the second half of the 19th century, Robben Island became a leper colony, and during the Second World War, the island was used as a military base.
Robben Island means ‘seal island’ in Dutch.
Robben Island from Table Mountain
I guess most people relate Robben Island to Nelson Mandela, who spent 18 years of his 27 years in prison there. The Dutch used it to send political prisoners from the Dutch East Indies there, and when the Brits took over in the Cape, they too used the island to imprison those who resisted their rule.
For a period in the second half of the 19th century, Robben Island became a leper colony, and during the Second World War, the island was used as a military base.
Robben Island means ‘seal island’ in Dutch.