Luthuli

American  

[loo-too-lee, -tyoo-] / luˈtu li, -ˈtyu- /

noun

1. Albert John, 1898–1967, African leader in the Republic of South Africa and former Zulu chief: Nobel Peace Prize 1960.

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Luthuli British  

/ luːˈtuːlɪ /

noun

1. Chief Albert John . 1899–1967, South African political leader. As president of the African National Congress (1952–60), he campaigned for nonviolent resistance to apartheid: Nobel peace prize 1961

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Example Sentences

An inquest held under the apartheid government concluded that Luthuli, the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died after being struck by a freight train while walking along a railway line.

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South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority in April reopened fresh investigations into Luthuli's death as family and activists suspected the apartheid authorities had killed him and covered it up.

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The judge said Luthuli's death was attributable to "assault by members of the security special branch of the South African police, acting in concert and in common purpose with employees of the South African Railway Company".

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After the judgment was read out, the Luthuli family's spokesperson called it "the first part of finally getting justice".

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A South African court has ruled that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police, overturning decades of claims that it was an accident.

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