The opportunity to visit Robben Island was certainly though provoking. With a gorgeous view of Capetown several miles across the sea, political prisoners were kept isolated here during the apartheid years. This was Nelson Mandela's cell for almost half a century. How he was able to bring about such change in the country without a bloody revolution still seems a miracle to me. While on the tour of the island, one stop is in the prison where a former prisoner speaks to the group. I am constantly amazed at the commitment to education and reconciliation in this country. What could be possible in the Middle East, in the former Yugoslavia republics, in India and Pakistan, in Northern Ireland if this were the approach?
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