Robben Island, South Africa - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Robben Island, South Africa Index / Locations Transcripts Patrick Gaspard ...circle when he was released from Robben Island . Then when he became president, I wa... ...out when they visited prisoners on Robben Island , and there was this guy who had thi... ...that got swept up and went to Robben Island . He's not part of that firs... ...does Jacob Zuma do when he gets to Robben Island ? Nelson Mandela negotiates with th... ...Mandela helps create a sports league on Robben Island . Now, Mandela has a scheme wherein h... ...commissioner of the sports league on Robben Island [laughs], and he's negotiating th... ...“This guy starts trading favors on Robben Island around sports that eventually become... Show more... Mark Lippert ...a really aggressive trip, South Africa, Robben Island . At the time, we were going to go t... Melissa Winter ...that first trip we tried to go to Robben Island , and unfortunately the weather ende... ...that we were on. I hope you go to Robben Island someday. It's incredible. I hope I d... ...But the family was able to go over to Robben Island . So they did get to see Robben Island... ...Robben Island. So they did get to see Robben Island . The girls got to do that. But I woul... Pete Souza ...in [Nelson] Mandela's prison cell, on Robben Island . And especially here, it'... ...what it was like to be imprisoned on Robben Island , in these cells. And that's wha... Valerie Jarrett ...and Mrs. Obama's mom, we went to visit Robben Island , where Nelson Mandela had been held... Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice