a prison. It was on this fairly desolate land mass that Nelson Mandela, militant anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa, was held captive. Today, Robben Island houses a ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

To visit the popular museum ... prison walls, the place is shrouded in haunting tales that make the experience of staying here even more surreal once darkness descends. Robben Island (South Africa ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years ... that would create a new democratic South Africa. "He always made the point ...