Robben Island

Also known as Robbeneiland

An island in Table Bay used for centuries as a place of banishment and imprisonment, including of anti-apartheid political prisoners.

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Robben Island is on the atlas, but nobody has written and sourced a full entry for it. Rather than generating one, we are leaving this blank until it can be researched properly. The coverage inventory in the repository tracks what is outstanding.

Themes: Empires & independence, Seas & navigation