Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The resolute and tireless campaigner against injustice
Desmond Tutu played a pivotal role in bringing down apartheid in South Africa., shocked the South African government of the day by his ordination as the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu after he received an honorary degree from the University of Leicester in 2011He once wrote a letter to then prime minister John Vorster, warning the situation in South Africa was “a powder barrel that can explode at any time.”Nelson Mandela But this in no way weakened his sense of public spiritedness or diminished his commitment to the Christian cause.He was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, on October 7 1931, and moved to Johannesburg at the age of 12.He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1960, becoming chaplain at the University of Fort Hare, a hotbed of dissent and one of the few quality universities for black African students.
His sterling work in the cause of the anti-apartheid movement led to his receiving numerous doctorates and academic awards from all over the world. That was the year during which he gave the annual Wilberforce Lecture in Hull, commemorating the life and achievements of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, who originated in the city. He was presented with the freedom of Hull.
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