ROBBEN ISLAND AND PRISONER RESISTANCE TO APARTHEID

340pp., illus., paperback, New York, 2003

Fran Buntman on black political prisoners' resistance strategies.

 "[T]his book is much more substantial than any previous treatment of Robben Island as a place of incarceration of political prisoners. It is also unique in its simultaneous treatment of the prison as a place of punishment, of intended demoralization and isolation from the world, and also of the counter efforts of the prisoners. [T]he book remains a landmark contribution and deserves very serious study by all interested not only in Robben Island and penology, but the evolution of the struggle against apartheid in general." Raymond Suttner, former political prisoner and academic

Fran Lisa Buntman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at The George Washington University.