This work depicts the interior of the prison cell that Nelson Mandela occupied during his imprisonment on Robben Island. The open door reveals the meagre possession he was able to retain upon his incarceration. Highlighted using splashes of vibrant colour, the neat pile of personal objects arranged under the barred window stands as a luminous beacon of hope within the bare cell. The cell has since become a site of pilgrimage for those committed to the tenets of freedom that underpinned Mandela’s political convictions.
