‘Be the change we want to see in others’: South African artist

York Region | Lisa Queen:

An extraordinary example of hope, understanding and inclusion happened on Robben Island in South Africa, where political prisoner Lionel Davis was held captive alongside Nelson Mandela in the 1960s before the fall of apartheid.

Despite the isolation and hardships, prisoners of different political persuasions and other prisoners found ways to not only pull together but to pursue their educations.

Lionel Davis

Despite the isolation and hardships, prisoners of different political persuasions and other prisoners found ways to not only pull together but to pursue their educations…

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Image source: http://web.colby.edu/ragastal/travels/south-africa/robben_island/