In her address at the 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed shared a quote by the late archbishop: ‘To choose hope is to step firmly forward into the howling wind, baring one’s chest to the ...
Cape Town City Hall was bathed in purple light on the evening of Friday, 7 October, in honour of the 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture. The event takes place each year on the late Archbishop Tutu’s birthday.
The keynote lectures at the event were delivered by Amina J Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, and best-selling author Douglas Abrams. In understanding what a strengthened multilateral system would mean for Africa, Mohammed said it was important to change the narrative that the continent is “hopeless” and “helpless”.
, described hope as an act of resistance, as well as something that is contagious. In each person, it is deeply influenced by the hopefulness and despair they see in the people around them.
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