Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid

Fran Lisa Buntman

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511616327

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The Long Journey of Clement Zulu. Produced by Ingrid Falck and directed by Liz Fish. Open Door and Double Exposure Production for the British Broadcasting Corporation Two. 1992. Videocassette

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Spirit of the Island. Produced by Richard Taylor. On the Line/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994. Videocassette

Voices from Robben Island. Produced by Claudia Schadeberg and directed by Adam Low. Schadeberg Movie Company and the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1994. Videocassette

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Abbreviations
pp ix-x

Foreword by Ahmed M. Kathrada
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xviii

1 - Introduction: Prison as a Source of Politics
pp 1-13

2 - Politics and Prison: A Background
pp 14-32

3 - Resistance For Survival
pp 33-60

4 - Resistance Beyond Survival
pp 61-80

5 - Prisoner Politics and Organization on Robben Island
pp 81-111

6 - Debates and Disagreements
pp 112-145

7 - Influencing South African Politics
pp 146-192

8 - Political Imprisonment and the State
pp 193-235

9 - Theorizing Islander Resistance
pp 236-271

10 - Beyond Robben Island: Comparisons and Conclusion
pp 272-292

Appendix I - Diagrams of Robben Island Prison
pp 293-294

Appendix II - Methodological Notes on Oral and Archival Sources
pp 295-298

Appendix III - Capsule Biographies of Interview Respondents
pp 299-312

Select Bibliography
pp 313-328

Index
pp 329-340

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