death of Desmond Tutu, icon of the anti-apartheid struggle

Desmond Tutu was a laugh, a dance and a legendary outspokenness in the service of the defense of human rights and equality between whites and blacks. “We are all going to be human together, black and white “, did he have declared. South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu died at the age of 90 on Sunday, December 26. It is the fight he fought all his life that made him famous.

It has also aroused the admiration of many personalities such as the Dalai Lama. It was during the worst hours of apartheid, the system of segregation in South Africa, that Desmond Tutu acquired his notoriety. He notably organized peaceful marches and supported Nelson Mandela when he was a prisoner. Desmond Tutu was also the one who greeted him at the podium, when this derneir was elected president in 1994.