Robben Island Rainbow Dreams

Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi is senior lecturer in history at the University of Witwatersrand. Noel Solani is director of the Ditsong Museum of Cultural History. André Odendaal is honorary professor in history and heritage studies at the University of the Western Cape. Khwezi ka Mpumlwana is director of Zenalia Consulting, focusing on innovation, heritage economics, and South Africa's liberation heritage.

Prologue—A. Odendaal
DRAFT ONE OF THE MAKING OF THE ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM. .
The Liberation Struggle as Incubator for RIM—A. Odendaal.
UWC's Mayibuye Centre: The Conceptual Base for RIM—A. Odendaal.
Lobbying and Planning: A New South African Museums and Heritage Sector, 1990–1994—A. Odendaal.
The Mandate: Cabinet's Decision on the Future of the Island, 1994–1996—A. Odendaal.
Throwing Open the Prison Doors, 1 January 1997—A. Odendaal.
Official Launch of RIM, 24.
September 1997—Address by Nelson Mandela.
On the Way to UNESCO World Heritage Site Status, 1998–2000—A. Odendaal.
A Dirty Tricks Campaign Unfolds, 2001—A. Odendaal et al.
The Pressure on RIM Intensifies—A. Odendaal.
Downward Spiral of an Institution and Its Vision—A. Odendaal.
FOUNDATIONS FOR PERMANENCY.
The Ethos of Early RIM Education and Public Planning—D. Prins-Solani.
Building the Nelson Mandela Gateway Building—L. Le Grange.
Preparing for South Africa's First UNESCO World Heritage Site—J. Pastor.
Artefacts as a Means of Triggering Memory and a Process of Healing—I. Mafune
Conserving the Island's Environment—S. Davis.
An Ex–Political Prisoner's Memories of Living and Working on Robben Island—L. Davis.
The Robben Island Village Association—L. Damon and R. Damon.
The First Tour Guides and the Social Memory of Robben Island—V. Mitchell.
Art and Culture as a Way of Giving Meaning to RIM—R. Carneson.
EXHIBITIONS AND MEMORY-MAKING PROCESS IN A SACRED SPACE.
Memories of Working in RIM's First Exhibitions Unit, 1999–2008—G. Cheminais.
In Search of the First Political Prisoners in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison—N.L.l. Ramoupi et al.
The Making and Demise of the Nelson Mandela Gateway Exhibition, 2001–2010—M. Smallberg.
VOICES AND DEBATES FROM WITHIN.
RIM and the Debate About Deconstructing the Mandela Myth—N. Solani.
Pan Africanist and Black Consciousness Perspectives—L.M. Dondolo
The Role of the Robben Island Museum in the Transformation of South Africa's Cultural Landscape—K. ka Mpumalanga and N.L.l. Ramoupi.
Twenty Years On: A Message to My Daughter—A. Forbes.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCES.
Fast Forward from RIM Rupture to State Capture—A. Odendaal.
Mr. K. and the Replica of His Cell—A. Odendaal