Robben Island
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Sep 12, 2026
Paul AxtonHOST
I see the God light, the goodness in everybody, even if they can't see it.
Paul AxtonHOST
And so maybe that universal identification, that sort of apocatastasis that she seemed to have an appreciation of, Even Nelson Mandela, I found this interesting, when he's in prison on Robben Island, he requests that they play the music of Dolly Parton over the loudspeaker.
Paul AxtonHOST
So if Barry writes fiction, which he hopes will inspire people to feel this rootedness, I think Dolly Parton embodied this kind of semi-fictional persona, and actually a real, I don't know how to say this, a real fictional city, Dollywood, with the aim of making the possibilities of her imagination a reality.
Paul AxtonHOST
Now, Berry does this through fiction, poetry, political action.
Jim MoraHOST
Its title is Where It's Happening.
Jim MoraHOST
It was just an improvisation on a simple four-chord progression, and the story goes that this track was famously smuggled into Nelson Mandela's prison on Robben Island and played over the loudspeakers to keep his spirit up.
Jim MoraHOST
Very famous music out of South Africa.
Jim MoraHOST
By the way, Aidy Walker, lovely comments from you coming in for her appearance, summed up by Cathy of Nelson.
Relebogile MabotjaHOST
So
Tony KgorogeGUEST
we went to Robben Island and we wanted to know how it felt like to sleep there, but obviously there was no one there now yes it's just those and we want to be locked in and then just have an experience and
Relebogile MabotjaHOST
stuff
Tony KgorogeGUEST
did we not like i couldn't sleep
Sherlin BarendsHOST
overtime.
Darren SimpsonHOST
Somebody says it's Vuvuzela from Robben Island.
Darren SimpsonHOST
Yeah, okay.
Darren SimpsonHOST
Yeah.
Jesse CrossonGUEST
And if he can do it, I can do it.
Jesse CrossonGUEST
And he was in much worse conditions on Robben Island than I was in Powhatan or not away or Buckingham.
Jesse CrossonGUEST
And it just put things in perspective, not necessarily that everybody would respond to that particular line.
Jesse CrossonGUEST
But I think that.
Wilhelm LichtenbergGUEST
It was certainly a bucket list item.
Wilhelm LichtenbergGUEST
I wanted to do that crossing from Robben Island to Bloberg for a number of years.
Wilhelm LichtenbergGUEST
And I decided to do it in aid of the cause for as a fundraising exercise.
Wilhelm LichtenbergGUEST
I'm doing it again in January.
Cynthia Sue LarsonGUEST
A lot of people remember the details of that mess.
Cynthia Sue LarsonGUEST
But that mess never happened officially because guess what? Nelson Mandela did not actually die in this reality in prison while incarcerated on Robbins Island.
Cynthia Sue LarsonGUEST
He became president of South Africa.
Cynthia Sue LarsonGUEST
Okay, get this.
speaker_1NARRATOR
He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
speaker_1NARRATOR
[singing] Robben Island, nine kilometers from Cape Town, where Mandela spent most of his 27 years in prison.
speaker_1NARRATOR
It was the defining experience of his life.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The regime on the island was harsh.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Though Mandela relied greatly on his family for support, visits were rare.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Winnie and the children lived 1,500 kilometers from Cape Town.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm not too sure whether I really saw any beauty in Robben Island because I was always very aware of what the trip was all about.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was always very emotional.
Brian IngpenGUEST
Gumtus was the ship with the largest passenger registration under the South African flag.
Brian IngpenGUEST
She was later laid up and then she was scuttled off Robben Island.
Pippa HudsonHOST
Okay.
Pippa HudsonHOST
So Brian, to go back to the Unicorn Line ships and to Roy's question of what became of them.
Michael LaughlinGUEST
Maybe Levine guessed the dream's cost.
Michael LaughlinGUEST
Mandela on Robben Island, King in Memphis.
Michael LaughlinGUEST
Who can afford to hope? My dad never heard the dog sigh in sleep without the gut twitch of shells and a chatter of guns.
Michael LaughlinGUEST
I haul my own paternal dreams.
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