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HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · 1964

Robben Island, South Africa

The island’s prison became a symbol of resistance to apartheid. The target marks the prison complex.

Robben Island, South Africa
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

An island of imprisonment and resistance.
A future president spent 18 of his 27 years in prison breaking lime in a quarry on a windswept island, within sight of a southern port city. Pin the island.

Where it is

Robben Island, South Africa · -33.8067, 18.3662

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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