Who is Desmond Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology.

Tutu was born of mixed Xhosa and Motswana heritage to a poor family in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Entering adulthood, he trained as a teacher and married Nomalizo Leah Tutu, with whom he had several children. In 1960, he was ordained as an Anglican priest and in 1962 moved to the United Kingdom to study theology at King's College London. In 1966 he returned to sout...
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Desmond Tutu Poems

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Desmond Tutu Quotes

• Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
• It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
• Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.
• I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.
• When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.

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Comments about Desmond Tutu

• Mustardmasood1: if you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. you talk to your enemies. desmond tutu((foot))
• Mpkthetamil: solidarity comes with doing praxis, mere words and silence does not count , just as desmond tutu's quote, "if you are neutral in situations off injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor".
• Minayoangela: this masterpiece of desmond tutu swinging from a chandelier is breathtaking! what a tribute
• Collen_km: we do see your tweets, we are just ignoring them!!….. tweet something insensitive right now you see even desmond tutu will be in your dms asking you to delete your unholy tweet.
• Afrozjournalist: if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. - desmond tutu

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