Desmond Tutu
Priest, Organization leader
1931 –
Who is Desmond Tutu?
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He was the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
Tutu's admirers see him as a man who since the demise of apartheid has been active in the defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed, though his consistent opposition to Israel and the United States has made him controversial. He has campaigned to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, poverty, racism, sexism, the imprisonment of Chelsea Manning, homophobia and transphobia. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984; the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986; the Pacem in Terris Award in 1987; the Sydney Peace Prize in 1999; the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2007; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. He has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.
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- Family isn’t about whose blood you have. It’s about who you care about.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1931
Klerksdorp - Also known as
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Mpilo Tutu
- Tutu
- Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
- Bishop Desmond Tutu
- Parents
- Spouses
- Nomalizo Leah Shenxane
(1955/07/02 - )
- Nomalizo Leah Shenxane
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Ethnicity
- Xhosa people
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, King's College London
Theology
(1962 - 1966) - St. Martin's School
Theology - University of South Africa
( - 1954)
- Master's Degree, King's College London
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on July 23, 2013
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