A community portal about Desmond Tutu with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. Tutu was...
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A community portal about Desmond Tutu with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. Tutu was elected and ordained the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. He is also a recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism.
President Barack Obama Wednesday conferred America's highest civilian honor on 16 examples of unshakeable human spirit, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and British scientist Stephen Hawking. Former Irish president Mary Robinson, screen legend Sidney Poitier and Bangladeshi economist and Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus were also honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony in the White House. "No barriers of race, gender or physical infirmity can restrain the human... Read Full Story
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday praised the "wonderful" decision to award US President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. "It is a very imaginative and somewhat surprising choice. It is wonderful," Tutu told reporters. "He has had a very significant impact. It (his presidency) has changed the temperature and almost everybody feels a little more hopeful about the world," he said. Tutu won the Nobel prize in 1984 for his long battle for a non-violent end to South Africa's apartheid system... Read Full Story
Despite the Israeli news blackout on Desmond Tutu’s visit to Gaza, reports are trickling out from other sources. Below are the latest updates on what he has been doing and saying… The truth WILL get out and we will spread it worldwide. Israel cannot stop this from happening! Ismail Haniya and Desmond Tutu Tutu plunges into heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip ( AFP ) — Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Wednesday plunged into the harsh reality of the conflict in... Read Full Story
South African President Jacob Zuma met with one of his most famous critics, Archbishop Desmond Tutu in what the Nobel laureate said Thursday was a positive bid to smooth out their differences. "In my view it is a very positive sign that despite my critical voice, the president was keen to chat," Tutu said in a statement issued a day after the two met in Pretoria. "This openness can only augur well for our country. It is in the African style of leadership, and I commend him for it." Tutu... Read Full Story
South African President Jacob Zuma met with one of his most famous critics, Archbishop Desmond Tutu in what the Nobel laureate said was a positive bid to smooth out their differences. "In my view it is a very positive sign that despite my critical voice, the president was keen to chat," Tutu said in a statement issued a day after the two met in Pretoria. "This openness can only augur well for our country. It is in the African style of leadership, and I commend him for it." Tutu, seen by many... Read Full Story
Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is praising South Africa's president, a politician he once harshly criticized. In a statement Thursday, Tutu praised President Jacob Zuma's openness and commended his "African style of leadership." The two men had had a meeting on Wednesday. Before April elections, Tutu had repeatedly raised questions about Zuma's fitness to lead. Tutu had cited a rape trial in which Zuma was acquitted and corruption charges that were dropped just before the vote. In a speech... Read Full Story
Bishop Desmond Tutu the first Black South African Bishop made a very interesting speech on thursday in London. The Bishop who is very well respected round the world commented exstensivly on the United States and what has happened over the last few years. During the previous administration's term, I'd been asked to suggest one unilateral magnanimous gesture or action that the incoming US president might make to counteract anti-Americanism abroad. I said that while there were clearly pockets of... Read Full Story
Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that President Barack Obama's background and race will help him influence African leaders. The anti-apartheid icon says Obama would be freer to make demands on African politicians because he can tell them: "Look here you guys, I am one of you, don't let me down." "They can't accuse him of being a neocolonialist," Tutu said during a visit to London Thursday. "Complexion helps." Tutu was speaking at the launch of a report on the Group of Eight's aid... Read Full Story
"Interview with Desmond Tutu by freelance journalist Marika Griehsel in Gothenburg, Sweden, 28 September 2007.Desmond Tutu talks about what makes a good leader (0.14), how the Peace Prize helped the struggle against apartheid in South Africa (08.27), and the key to overcoming present and future conflicts (21.21)." Follow this link to watch the full interview. Biography Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at... Read Full Story
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