Nelson Mandela prison cell #8 Robben Island . Cape Town, South Africa . | Armstrong Williams

In the early 1980s, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island, labeled a terrorist by Western governments, and largely ignored by the global political mainstream. But in Glasgow, Scotland, a different story was unfolding. In 1981, while Mandela was still behind bars, Glasgow became the first city in the world to grant him the Freedom of the City. This was not a symbolic gesture; it was a deliberate act of defiance against the apartheid regime and its international allies. The move embarrass

Today is #MandelaDay! Did you know Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years on Robben Island World Heritage site? Robben Island has come to represent an outstanding example of a symbol representing the physical embodiment of the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom and of democracy over enormous oppression. The role of Robben Island in the transformation of an oppressed society has come to symbolize the rebirth of democracy in South Africa, a country which has come to be viewed as a unique