Met a hero today! Sparks Mlilwana spent 7 years with Mandela at Robben Island. 🇿🇦🕊️ #History #Travel

​An experience I will never forget. Our tour guide at Robben Island, Sparks Mlilwana, showed us the prison for hours before revealing that he was actually an inmate there for 7 years alongside Nelson Mandela. I was so moved by his strength that I had to ask for a hug and a photo. A true honor to hear history from someone who lived it. ​#robbenisland #capetown #nelsonmandela #history #southafrica