Ex Us President, Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Late South Africa’s Anti- Apartheid Icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Ex Us President, Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Late South Africa’s Anti- Apartheid Icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Former President of United States of America, USA, Barrack Obama has paid tribute to the late South Africa’s Anti- Apartheid Icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The first black American Present,in the US, Obama extolled virtues of the late Pan- African Legend, Tutu, and this is contained in a tribute he put on one of his verified social media handles.
Obama wrote:”Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me and so many others. A universal spirit, Archbishop Tutu was grounded in the struggle for liberation and justice in his own country, but also concerned with injustice everywhere.
“He never lost his impish sense of humor and willingness to find humanity in his adversaries, and Michelle and I will miss him dearly”, Obama stated.
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021), was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology.
