Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African social rights activist. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his work fighting apartheid in South Africa.[1] He was the first Anglican bishop in Cape Town. He chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission during the 1990s which helped victims of apartheid speak out and seem justice.
| The Most Rev. Dr. Desmond Tutu | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town | |
| 225px Archbishop Tutu | |
| Religion | Christian |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Office | Archbishop |
| Date of birth | 7 October 1931 |
| Place of birth | Klerksdorp, South Africa |
| Birth name | Desmond Mpilo Tutu |
| Date of death | 26 December 2021 (aged 90) |
| Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Province | Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| Began | 1986 |
| Ended | 1996 |
| Predecessor | Dr. P.W.R. Russell |
| Successor | Dr. Njongonkulu Ndungane |
| Other posts | Bishop of Lesotho Bishop of Johannesburg Archbishop of Cape Town |
| Titles/honors | Nobel Peace Prize |
| Known for | Fighting apartheid |
| Website | www |
Early life
Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. When Tutu was twelve he moved with his family to Johannesburg. Tutu wanted to become a doctor. His family could not afford to send him to medical school, so Tutu studied at the Pretoria Bantu Normal College to become a teacher. He taught at Johannesburg Bantu High School and at Munsienville High School in Mogale City.
Personal life
Tutu married Nomalizo Lea Shenxane on 2 July 1955. In 1975 he moved into what is now known as Tutu House in Soweto.
Desmond Tutu turned 90 in October 2021. He died at a medical center in Cape Town, South Africa on 26 December 2021, aged 90.[2] He was being treated for prostate cancer at the time of his death.[3]
Desmond Tutu Media
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The Church of Christ the King in Sophiatown, where Tutu was a server under priest Trevor Huddleston
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Tutu first ministered to a white congregation at the Church of St Alban the Martyr in Golders Green, living with his family in the curate's flat
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During his master's degree, Tutu worked as assistant curate at St Mary's Church in Bletchingley, Surrey.
As Bishop of Lesotho, Tutu travelled around the country's mountains visiting the people living there.
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US President Ronald Reagan meeting with Desmond Tutu in 1984. Tutu described Reagan's administration as "an unmitigated disaster for us blacks",[4] and Reagan himself as "a racist pure and simple".[5]
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Tutu on a visit to San Francisco in 1986
Tutu welcomed Mandela (pictured) to Bishopscourt when the latter was released from prison and later organised the religious component of his presidential inauguration ceremony.
Tutu at the Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C., in September 1997
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Tutu gets an HIV test on the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation's Tutu Tester, a mobile test unit.
Tutu with former Irish president Mary Robinson, British foreign secretary William Hague, and former US president Jimmy Carter in 2012
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References
- ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1984". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ "South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90" (in en). Reuters. 26 December 2021. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-archbishop-desmond-tutu-dies-aged-90-2021-12-26/. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Berger, Marilyn (26 December 2021). "Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/obituaries/desmond-tutu-dead.html. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ↑ Gish 2004, p. 95.
- ↑ Allen 2006, p. 255.