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Desmond Tutu was one of the tireless figures in the struggle against apartheid. He died at the age of 90, Sunday, December 26. His engagement won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
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, argued Nelson Mandela when he was a prisoner. Desmond Tutu was also the one who welcomed him to the podium, the latter having been elected president in 1994.
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