U.S. first lady Michelle Obama listens to Ahmed Kathrada (top L), former political prisoner on Robben Island and anti-apartheid figure, as she visits the District Six museum in Cape Town June 23, 2011. Founded in 1867 as a mixed community of freed slaves, merchants, and immigrants, the apartheid government in 1965 declared it “white” and forcibly removed 60,000 residents and bulldozed their homes. Also pictured are (clockwise) Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia, niece Leslie Robinson and nephew Avery Robinson. REUTERS/Charles Dharapak/Pool (SOUTH AFRICA – Tags: POLITICS)