President Barack Obama is expected to visit Robben Island during his stop in South Africa. The island has a long history as a place to put political prisoners. But for most people these days, it's ...

Every week, Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. Robben Island has served many functions.

Robben Island off Kapstadt in South Africa turned from a prison island into a UNESCO-listed site of memory; its stark landscape still carries that history. Isometrisches Diorama von Robben Island und ...

South African children aged 15 and under can visit Robben Island Museum for free when accompanied by a paying adult from 1 ...

Robben Island off Kapstadt in South Africa combines stark coastal geology with layers of imprisonment and exile that shaped the country’s modern history. Isometrisches Diorama von Robben Island und ...

Every July 18, Mandela Day marks the birthday of Nelson Mandela with a global call to service, and for travelers, no place brings his story closer than the low, windswept island visible from Cape Town ...

The official symbolism of the Robben Island Museum, adopted early in its existence, is "the triumph of the human spirit over adversity". But after 24 years in existence, the museum is substandard.

U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

On Friday morning, I woke early, got dressed and went for a walk with my camera in hand as the sun rose. My first stop was an abandoned lime quarry where deer grazed in tufts of grass that have grown ...