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Sunday, June 30, 2013

President Obama visits Robben Island, Slave Port during African tour


 US President Barack Obama has toured Robben Island - the jail in which Nelson Mandela was kept for 18 years. He said he and his family were "deeply humbled" to visit the prison once inhabited by Mr Mandela - who remains critically ill in hospital.


President Obama had earlier visited the ‘Maison Des Esclaves’ ---- the slave port in Senegal where African slaves were deported to the Americas through the ‘point of no return’ door where President Obama stands in the picture….

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These visits is certainly humbling indeed..

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