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050 00 $aHV9850.5.Z8$bR6355 2012
082 04 $a365.450968$223
100 1 $aKhumalo, Fred.
245 14 $aThe lighter side of life on Robben Island :$bbanter, pastimes, and boyish tricks /$cFred Khumalo, Paddy Harper, Gugu Kunene.
264 1 $aHoughton, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa :$bMakana Investment Corporation Pty Ltd,$c2012.
300 $axv, 231 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-230).
520 $a"Twenty years since the closure of the Robben Island prison , former Islanders reminisce about their shared past. This book is a collection of anecdotal conversations that reveal the lighter side of life on the iconic struggle symbol, the Robben Island prison. The narratives offer a peak into a different side of prison life ; how political prisoners coped with the drill of a monotonous existence and how, with the march of time, their experiences have become a subject of comic relief among themselves. Their stories range from their sporting activities to music, fashion, politicking and inevitably, their love lives, both real and imagined, of men cooped up on one of the most notorious prison islands in the world."-- Publisher's note.
650 0 $aPolitical prisoners$zSouth Africa$vBiography.
651 0 $aRobben Island (South Africa)$vBiography.
651 0 $aRobben Island (South Africa)$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aRobben Island (South Africa)$vHumor.
700 1 $aHarper, Paddy.
700 1 $aKunene, Gugu.