U.S. President Back Obama and family visit the prison on Robben Island, South Africa. The prison is where former South African president Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year prison term on the island locked up by the former apartheid government.
President Obama Visits Nelson Mandela’s Prison
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President Obama walks into a cell block during a tour of Robben Island.
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Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and Ahmed Kathrada a former prisoner with Mandela, stand in the courtyard of the prison on Robben Island.
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President Obama, his daughter Sasha Obama, and Ahmed Kathrada a former prisoner with Mandela, walk through the courtyard of the prison on Robben Island.
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Ahmed Kathrada, a former prisoner with Nelson Mandela, guides Barack Obama through Robben Island prison, South Africa