ComingSoon has an exclusive look at the first trailer for Known Associates Entertainment’s The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island. The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island is a new South ...

Looking for an unforgettable family experience this winter? The Robben Island Museum invites you to embark on a journey through history with the NextGen Heritage Free Pass! From 1 June to 31 October ...

Robben Island – for centuries a place of banishment, exile, imprisonment and pain. Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images South Africa’s Robben Island Museum is an institution ...

The former prison on Robben Island off Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years, is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles, including alleged ...

Since 1998, the Robben Island Spring School programme has brought together pupils, teachers, ambassadors, organisations and professionals. This year, more than 70 diverse pupils tackled pressing ...

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.

Our Robben Island tour guide, Benjamin, became committed to armed struggle when his pregnant girlfriend was shot through the mouth and killed during the countrywide uprisings against South Africa's ...

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 ...