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Cambridge University Press
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November 2009
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2003
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9780511616327

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Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who opposed apartheid. This book reconstructs the inmates' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars. Survival was their first goal; challenging apartheid was their true aim. So although Robben Island was designed to repress, it was continually transformed by its political inmates into a site of resistance. The book theorizes that, where material conditions permit, the most far-reaching and effective forms of resistance involve constructive political action which seeks to remake existing power relationships. This theory is demonstrated in three focuses of the book: the activism of Robben Islanders, the effects of political prisoner resistance on the apartheid state machinery, and in comparative cases which illustrate various international instances of political prisoners shaping both prisons and political orders.

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'… meticulously researched … packed with detail about the political and social lives of the huge mix of prisoners held in Robben Island over more than two decades.'

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Videos
Davidson, Basil. “The Rise of Nationalism [Program Seven].” Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson. Directed by John Percival, Christopher Ralling, Andrew Harries, and Mike Csasky. MBT/RM Arts/Channel Four Co-production. 1984. Videocassette
The Long Journey of Clement Zulu. Produced by Ingrid Falck and directed by Liz Fish. Open Door and Double Exposure Production for the British Broadcasting Corporation Two. 1992. Videocassette
Prisoners of Hope: Robben Island Reunion. Produced by Anant Singh and directed by Danny Schechter. Video Vision Entertainment Production. 1995. Videocassette
Robben Island: Our University. Directed by Lindy Wilson. 1988. Videocassette
“Robben Island Unsung Heroes.” Felicia Mabuza-Suttle Show. Produced and directed by Alf Montso. Top Level/TNP Production. 1993. Videocassette
Spirit of the Island. Produced by Richard Taylor. On the Line/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994. Videocassette
Voices from Robben Island. Produced by Claudia Schadeberg and directed by Adam Low. Schadeberg Movie Company and the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1994. Videocassette

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