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Day Seven Photo Diary
Oprah's Book Club  |  January 01, 2006
Mandela's cell


With the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the last of the political prisoners in 1991, Robben Island became a symbol of human freedom. With the rise of democracy in 1994 came calls for closure of the prison. In 1996, the last criminal prisoners were removed and the prison closed.
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