Desmond Tutu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Desmond Tutu
C20: a pun on 2:2 and Desmond Tutu
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The TRC, chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was generally praised for bringing together victims and perpetrators who were granted amnesty as long as they, among other conditions, fully disclosed what they had done.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it so well: “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 winner, said becoming a Nobel laureate was a double-edged sword.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
California legalized water cremation in 2017, but it became more widely known when Desmond Tutu, the anti-apartheid leader and South African Anglican archbishop emeritus who died in December 2021, requested it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
The anti-apartheid struggle as a whole had captured the attention of the world; in 1984, Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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