Desmond Tutu Quotes


The time has now come to slow down, to sip Rooibos tea with my beloved wife in the afternoons, to watch cricket, to travel to visit my children and grandchildren, rather than to conferences and conventions and university campuses.


Citations

Tutu, Desmond. Press Conference Announcing Retirement. St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, 22 July 2010.

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Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
  • Born: October 7, 1931
  • Nationality: South African
  • Profession: King's College London

Desmond Mpilo Tutu OMSG CH GCStJ is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the 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.