Download or read book Hell-hole, Robben Island written by Moses Dlamini and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hell-Hole, Robben Island is one man's account of political imprisonment under conditions designed to degrade human beings and destroy the ideals of Black liberation. In the years about which Moses Dlamini writes, Robben Island prison contained both "criminal" and "political" prisoners, the former being ruthlessly used by the government as an extension of its power to destroy dissent. The desperate relationships between the criminal gangs, in particular the ascist "Big fives", and the political prisoners which throw light on the author's background and the sequence of events leading to his imprisonment. Out of that experience has come this book with its vivid and compassionate descriptions of individual attempts to survive, both physically and mentally, in desperate circumstances. Writing in a uniquely South African style, Moses Dlamini has given us a stunning account of the Black people's life in that tortured country." -- back cover.