THE PERSISTENCE OF ROBBEN ISLAND:

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-123
Author(s):  
KELLY GILLESPIE
Keyword(s):  
Robben Island

‘VOICES’, MEANING AND ‘HETEROGLOSSIA’ IN PRISONERS OF HOPE (1995)

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Khatija Bibi Khan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Robben Island ◽  
Former Inmates

The documentary film Prisoners of Hope (1995) is a heart-rending account of 1 250 former political prisoners in the notorious Robben Island prison in South Africa. The aim of this article is to explore the narratives of Prisoners of Hope and in the process capture its celebratory mood and reveal the contribution that the prisoners made towards the realisation of a free South Africa. The documentary features interviews with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada and other former inmates as they recall and recount the atrocities perpetrated by defenders of the apartheid system and debate the future of South Africa with its ‘new’ political dispensation led by blacks. A textual analysis of Prisoners of Hope will enable one to explore the human capacity to resist, commit oneself to a single goal and live beyond the horrors and traumas of an oppressive and dehumanising system.

“This Purgatory Is Useful”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padraic Kenney
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
British Rule ◽  
Common Activity ◽  
Robben Island

Prisoners and their supporters often refer to the experience as a “prison university.” Time in prison among people of the same movement gave prisoners the opportunity to learn and to develop politically. Prisoners who might never have met outside grew together as they studied and shared knowledge. Disparities of knowledge and political experience made communal education possible. Everything from mathematics to foreign languages to the basics of ideology brought prisoners together in a common activity. Prisoners on Robben Island used the management of sports to hone their administrative abilities. IRA men in Long Kesh developed new approaches to the fight against British rule in Northern Ireland.

scholarly journals A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 172 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezeng S. Bezeng ◽  
Vincent Savolainen ◽  
Kowiyou Yessoufou ◽  
Alexander S. T. Papadopulos ◽  
Olivier Maurin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Plant Invasiveness ◽  
Robben Island

Sport and Recreation on Robben Island

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (16) ◽  
pp. 1962-1975
Author(s):  
Marion Keim ◽  
Lyndon Bouah
Keyword(s):  
Sport And Recreation ◽  
Robben Island

Artificial nests enhance the breeding productivity of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) on Robben Island, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Sherley ◽  
Barbara J. Barham ◽  
Peter J. Barham ◽  
T. Mario Leshoro ◽  
Les G. Underhill
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Artificial Nests ◽  
Spheniscus Demersus ◽  
Robben Island
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