Here’s a journey with pictures to the noteworthy moments in the life of South Africa's prominent anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu
Famously outspoken, even after the fall of the racist apartheid regime, Tutu never shied away from confronting South Africa's shortcomings or injustices.
Tutu was named the South African Council of Churches' first Black general secretary in 1978, becoming one of the most notable opponents to South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule. The picture below shows the moment when the anti-apartheid leader was given the news of his prize on October 16, 1984.
Along with other church leaders, he mediated conflicts between Black protesters and government security forces.
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