South Africa’s anti-racism Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.
He is praised not only in his own country but also internationally for speaking out against racial discrimination.
British news agency Reuters He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his opposition to non-violence against the rule of the white minority.
A decade later, he headed a Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up after the fall of the white government to investigate the atrocities committed under it.
Desmond Tutu spoke out against the atrocities of the white minority.
In a televised address, South African President Sirleaf Ramaphosa called Desmond Tutu an extraordinary patriot of the nation and said that the loss of our nation was indeed a global loss.
Desmond Tutu was born on October 7, 1931, west of Johannesburg. His mother was a housemaid and his father a teacher.
He became the first black secretary general of the South African Council for Churches in 1978, an opportunity to work for the elimination of racial discrimination in the country.
When Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, it was Desmond Tutu who coined the term “rainbow nation” for South Africa.
Desmond Tutu announced his retirement from public life in 2010 at the age of 79.
He was last seen in public this year when he went to a hospital for the corona vaccine. He shook hands in a wheelchair but did not speak.
Former United States President Barack Obama has called Desmond Tutu a “high profile figure” and said in a statement that “he was a universal figure, he did not fight for freedom and justice in his own country. Instead, worry about the injustices that are happening around the world. “
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