#9: Robben Island, South Africa
Robben Island is surrounded by water, wind, and political memory. For decades, it served as a prison under apartheid, most famously holding Nelson Mandela for 18 of his 27 years of incarceration. The cells are small, the quarry is stark, and the distance from Cape Town feels deliberately cruel. Today, the island is a museum of repression and endurance. It shows how a regime tried to isolate ideas and failed.
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