From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, as well as a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.
A former prisoner explaining how the amount and type of food that was given to each prisoner was based on their race.
In 1964 Nelson Mandela began what would be an 18-year imprisonment on the island. During his incarceration his attitude towards prison was that it was a microcosm of the struggle as a whole. "We would fight inside as we had fought outside... [just] on different terms." This was his cell.
