Robben Island

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  South Africa Mourns Death Of Indian-Origin Anti-Apartheid Veteran Ebrahim Ebrahim

  Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, an Indian-origin anti-apartheid icon who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada, has died. He was 84, South Africa's ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has announced.

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  South African Anti-Apartheid Veteran Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim Dies At 84

  Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a veteran of the fight against apartheid who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela, died on Monday aged 84, South Africa's ruling party announced.

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  Nelson Mandela Prison Drawing Sells For $112,575 In New York

  A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island - where he was held for 18 years - sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575.

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  Letters Reveal Light On How Nelson Mandela Survived 27 Years In Prison

  Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of them isolated on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. His encounters with visitors from the outside world were brief and strictly controlled; he spent much of his time alone, uncertain of whether he would ever emerge alive.

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  South African Anti-Apartheid Icon Ahmed Kathrada Dead At 87

  Celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, a Robben Island prisoner and one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues in the struggle against white rule, died early Tuesday aged 87.

• Future warming imperils Statue of Liberty: study

  The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study on Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites.

• The jailer who used to smuggle in treats for Nelson Mandela

  He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by Mandela's death.

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  Blog: The prison cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years

  He wasn't allowed to wearing anything but a pair of shorts for the first few years.

• Nelson Mandela: prisoner, president and father of 'Rainbow Nation'

  Nelson Mandela's long walk from apartheid prisoner to South African president remade a country and inspired the world.

• Blog: When I met Nelson Mandela

  It was 1994. I had been assigned to travel to South Africa to cover the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as head of the first post-apartheid government in South Africa.

• Barack Obama brings out the African in the American

  Midway through a three-country trip to Africa and shortly after an emotional tour of his hero Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell, Barack Obama was greeted by another revered African leader, Desmond Tutu, with the words: "Welcome home."

• Nelson Mandela's condition remains 'critical but stable'

  Nelson Mandela remained in a "critical but stable" condition today, the presidency said, more than three weeks after the anti-apartheid hero was hospitalised with a recurring lung infection.

• Barack Obama educates daughters on Mahatma Gandhi's 'Satyagraha'

  US President Barack Obama today donned a teacher's hat to tell his two young daughters how Mahatma Gandhi's 'Satyagraha' had influenced American civil rights leader Martin Luther King to fight injustice.

• Barack Obama tours prison where Nelson Mandela toiled

  President Barack Obama visited South Africa's Robben Island, where former South African President Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in a tiny cell as a political prisoner.

• Nelson Mandela battles for life as well-wishers pray for recovery

  South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains "critical but stable" on the 23rd day of his hospitalisation for a recurring lung ailment, even as a stream of people continued to flock the hospital to pray for the recovery of the 94-year-old former president.