Nelson Mandela, Robben Island and the Imagination of a New South Africa
@article{Soudien2015NelsonMR, title={Nelson Mandela, Robben Island and the Imagination of a New South Africa}, author={Crain Soudien}, journal={Journal of Southern African Studies}, year={2015}, volume={41}, pages={353 - 366} }
The purpose of this article is to argue that the Robben Island prison experience between 1962 and the early 1990s makes an important contribution to the South African debate on the nature of belonging. In this article I focus on Nelson Mandela's imagination of belonging. I show how, through the process of formal study and the informal flowering of seminars, and particularly the debates and engagements that take place, Mr Mandela and his fellow prisoners work through, often with great personal…
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