As an activist for the African national Congress, Indres Naidoo was arrested for sabotage in 1963. Island in Chains is his account of the ten years he spent as Prisoner 885/63 on Robben Island. First published in 1982, he reaffirms that the fight against apartheid would be won. This updated version follows the path his life has taken since his release and his subsequent appointment as a Senator for the first democratic government.