It was here, he said, that Nelson ... Robben Island Museum. The most powerful part of the tour is a visit to Mandela’s cell, a 7-by-9-foot room where a bulb burned day and night over his head ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

It was on this fairly desolate land mass that Nelson ... Mandela's cell. The guides convey first-hand accounts of what the island used to be like. Some visitors describe a trip to Robben Island ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson ... night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 ...

"In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on ...

Ahamed Kathrada, friend and advisor to Nelson Mandela said of Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for close ... when the former ASP de Silva brought his niece there for treatment, unaware that ...

The series also explores Mandela's political activism with the African National Congress, his 27-year incarceration on Robben Island, his dramatic release and his triumphant years as president of ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- Hollywood star Will Smith led a crowd of 46,664 in a chorus of "Happy Birthday" to Nelson ... Mandela's prison number when he was incarcerated at Robben Island.

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...