ROBBEN ISLAND

WHILE WE WILL NOT FORGET THE BRUTALITY OF APARTHEID WE WILL NOT WANT
ROBBEN ISLAND
TO BE A MONUMENT
OF OUR HARDSHIP
AND SUFFERING

WE WOULD WANT IT
TO BE A TRIUMPH
OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AGAINST THE FORCES OF EVIL A TRIUMPH OF WISDOM

 AND LARGENESS OF SPIRIT
AGAINST SMALL MINDS
AND PETTINESS
A TRIUMPH OF COURAGE
AND DETERMINATION OVER HUMAN FRAILTY
AND WEAKNESS.

AHMED KATHRADA, 1993
(IMPRISONED: 1964-1982 ON ROBBEN ISLAND;
1982-1989 IN POLLSMOR PRISON)

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