CULTURETECHLENSDesmond Tutu
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Combined Graph record U-01289 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0270. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Nobel Committee citing his role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa; he was Bishop of Johannesburg and became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986; after the 1994 general election Nelson Mandela appointed him to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Nobel Committee citing his role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa; he was Bishop of Johannesburg and became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986; after the 1994 general election Nelson Mandela appointed him to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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- Role(s): religious leader, activist
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- https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/our-people/archbishop-desmond-tutu-1931-2021/ (verification source · master store)
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Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Nobel Committee citing his role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa; he was Bishop of Johannesburg and became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986; after the 1994 general election Nelson Mandela appointed him to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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