Robben Island

/ ˈrɒbən /

noun

1. a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners

Example Sentences

When he went in to Robben Island, he made up his mind that he was going to survive it.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully, not all governments indulged this brand of human rights isolationism when Mandela was jailed on Robben Island.

From The Daily Beast

Overcoming the embarrassment of a sex scandal is now apparently the equivalent of serving time on Robben Island.

From The Daily Beast

When Jacob Zuma came to Robben Island as a prisoner, he had only four years of education but determination.

From The Daily Beast

Robben Island was his university, as it was for many others.

From The Daily Beast

But there is a Robben Island snake, about five feet long, with no poison, who is very pleasant company.

From Project Gutenberg

Henry Martyn has told us how the squadron of the sixty-three sail had anchored between Robben Island and the coast.

From Project Gutenberg

Out at the entrance to the bay, Robben Island swam dimly into the far Atlantic.

From Project Gutenberg

The English rabbit has been introduced into Robben Island, but is excluded from the mainland.

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