Desmond Tutu, Apartheid Opponent Who Won Nobel Prize, Dies at 90

Desmond Tutu, Apartheid Opponent Who Won Nobel Prize, Dies at 90

Nobel Laureate and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu died on Sunday in Cape Town, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 and underwent surgery. Tutu was subsequently hospitalized several times to undergo treatment for infections and other ailments. As South Africa’s first Black Anglican archbishop, Tutu used his international profile to lobby for sanctions against the White-minority government.

From 1996 to 1998, he led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, aimed at exposing the injustices of the past. “Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal; a leader of principle and pragmatism who gave meaning to the biblical insight that faith without works is dead,” Ramaphosa said. Tutu’s brand of activism was shaped by his religious conviction, a mischievous sense of humor and physical bravery that once led him to rush into a mob to save the life of a young woman about to be lynched on suspicion of being a police informer.

 

RIP

He was a great man, sorry to hear that he died although I genuinely thought he already had, and no it's not the result of the Mandela Effect

 

Bitn late matey, I already put up a thread about his passing in the Obituaries thread.

 

Desmond Tutu's biographer John Allen had stated that the theme running through Tutu's campaigning was that of "democracy, human rights and tolerance, to be
achieved by dialogue and accommodation between enemies."

Imho, this is a good formula for creating a world free of conflict and strife and which I hope the world leaders would heed from time to time, especially during times of disorientation inflamed by inability to see the other's point of view or the bigger picture.

 

When I heard that Bishop Tutu had died, I decided to reread "The Book of Joy," a conversation with Tutu and the Dalai Lama. It is one of my favorite books, and I am enjoying it the second time through it.

 

'sounds both informed and informative.

What can we say about apartheid?

I remember when studying at CSUCI there was a presentation partly about this. Then, later, we were asked to put a condom on a cucumber...

But really... There were images of men on horseback attacking villages in Rwanda or something like that.

Usually in the context of South Africa, apartheid is associated overall with racial policy or something, right? Or maybe I have some weird convoluted perception that everything is racist. Or maybe it's just that everything typically is racist.

Either way... what's this?

 

If you're asking about the book, it is contains the views of two of the world's spiritual leaders on how to find lasting happiness in a changing world.

 

I lived through it, the demonstrations and pickets outside South Africa House in Trafalgar Square on numerous occasions throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, the protests and demonstrations against apartheid, the protests and demonstrations calling for the release of Nelson Mandela.

The relief when he was released from prison was palpable. and I and others were exstatic when he was elected President of South Africa/

 

The city of Capestown celebrated Desmond Tutu's life on wednesday, December 29th with a musical and interfaith tribute...

DESMOND MPILO TUTU (7 OCTOBER 1931 – 26 DECEMBER 2021): City of Cape Town celebrates the Arch’s life with a musical and interfaith tribute

The tribute was attended by Tutu’s family, as well as a variety of political and faith leaders. Speeches were given by Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis; Western Cape Premier Alan Winde; South African politician and activist Cheryl Carolus; and Dr Mamphela Ramphele, chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust.

“[Tutu’s] life showed that our politics can be big, not small; that our society can be all-encompassing, not exclusive; that most people are basically good and worthy of respect… and that the easiness with which we give way to hate is wrong,” said Hill-Lewis.

The memorial was a celebration of music and the diversity of faith, with performances by the Desmond Tutu tribute band, Zolani Mahola, Fancy Galada, Ard Matthews, Jonathan Butler, the South African Youth Choir and the Gugulethu Tenors.

Elizabeth Hoorn Petersen, founder and executive director of the South African Faith and Family Institute, led a prayer session in which faith leaders from the Khoisan, African traditional, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhist, Hindu and Baháʼí Faith religions gave prayers.