← 4.4 Historical Sites and Monuments in Africa
Robben Island
Social Studies · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
Island in Table Bay, Cape Town: leper colony then apartheid political prison. Nelson Mandela spent 18 of 27 years here. Museum; UNESCO 1999.
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