The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has announced that Dr Shashi Tharoor, author, parliamentarian and global thought ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu died today in Cape Town, South Africa. He was 90 years old. Tutu was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 and had been hospitalized several times in recent years. The ...

Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, an Episcopal priest who is married to a woman, said the funeral of her godfather was moved to his garden to allow her to participate. By Isabella Kwai Desmond M. Tutu, a ...

The world has lost a champion for civil rights. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa died Sunday. He was 90 and had been battling prostate cancer since the late 1990s. Teresa Barnes, the Director ...

Education: Bantu Normal Teacher’s College, Pretoria, 1953, South Africa; University of South Africa, Johannesburg, B.A., 1954; St. Peter’s Theological College ...

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Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu will attend South African president Nelson Mandela’s funeral Sunday, after briefly canceling plans because he said he was left off the guest list by government ...

1954-1957-Teaches school. He resigns in protest of government restrictions on education for black children. 1961-Is ordained an Anglican priest. 1975-Becomes the first black appointed Anglican dean of ...

Other Facts:Sometimes referred to as "the Arch." Chaired South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Timeline:1954-1957 - Teaches school, and resigns in protest of government ...