JOURNEYS & REFLECTIONS
South Africa Educational Study Program
May 14- June 11, 2003
Photo Gallery - June 8
All photos taken by the staff on the Journey!
Some of the Skidmore students ready to depart for Robben Island
Table Mountain from Robben Island
The limestone quarry at Robben Island. A site made famous by the political prisoners who worked there regularly with pick and spade in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Quarried lime was used to resurface the Island's roads. Source: Official Robben Island Web Site
In February 1995, more than 1,000 ex-political prisoners gathered together again on Robben Island. To mark the occasion, the men picked up stones and small rocks in the quarry area and placed them in a pile near the entrance to the quarry, as a memorial to their years of struggle and hardship. Source: Official Robben Island Web Site
Our guide in front of Nelson Mandela's cell. Our guide was a prisoner
for 5 years at Robben Island.
Our guide pointing out those he knew from his time on Robben Island - an emotional
experience for all as this was the first time our guide had been to this spot
on foot since his release.
A view of Table Mountain upon arrival from Robben Island
A view of Table Mountain from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
A cloesup of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
For more information please contact:
South Africa Educational Study Program
May 14- June 11, 2003
Photo Gallery - June 8
All photos taken by the staff on the Journey!
Some of the Skidmore students ready to depart for Robben Island
Table Mountain from Robben Island
The limestone quarry at Robben Island. A site made famous by the political prisoners who worked there regularly with pick and spade in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Quarried lime was used to resurface the Island's roads. Source: Official Robben Island Web Site
In February 1995, more than 1,000 ex-political prisoners gathered together again on Robben Island. To mark the occasion, the men picked up stones and small rocks in the quarry area and placed them in a pile near the entrance to the quarry, as a memorial to their years of struggle and hardship. Source: Official Robben Island Web Site
Our guide in front of Nelson Mandela's cell. Our guide was a prisoner
for 5 years at Robben Island.
Our guide pointing out those he knew from his time on Robben Island - an emotional
experience for all as this was the first time our guide had been to this spot
on foot since his release.
A view of Table Mountain upon arrival from Robben Island
A view of Table Mountain from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
A cloesup of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
For more information please contact:
Karen Brackett & Susan Lehr
Co-directors of the Study Program in South Africa
Education Department-Palamountain Hall
Phone: (518) 580-5140
