Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780521809931
Subjects: African studies; Political oppression & persecution; Political structures: democracy; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; South Africa; Politics/International Relations; Republic of South Africa; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Science / General; General; Blacks; Political activity; Political prisoners; Prisons; Robben Island
First sentence: On the eve of Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first democratic president, a daily Johannesburg-area newspaper commemorated the event with the headline, "From Prisoner to President."