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Despite the violence perpetrated against the Black
population of South Africa, Desmond Tutu's adherence to nonviolence never wavered. His role in South
Africa was pivotal.
"
To forgive doesn't mean to forget, he points out.
But it means letting go of hatred and revenge, and
not losing sight of the other person's humanity.
"Forgiveness is the only way to heal ourselves and to
be free from the past," Tutu explained in The Book of
Joy, written with the Dalai Lama.
I never doubted that we were going
to be free because, ultimately, I knew
there was no way in which a lie could
prevail over the truth, darkness over
light, death over life.
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February 21, 1990. After his release from Robben Island prison, Nelson Mandela visits Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
In 1990, anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela,
freed after 27 years in prison, negotiated with the
of South Africa. Tutu was the mediator among differwhite government led by F.W. de Klerk to end apartent groups and moved the process forward.
heid. In 1994 Mandela made history as the first Black
The Arch's accomplishments have been many-
president of the newly democratic multiracial Republic but perhaps his most remarkable was chairing the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission after apartheid,
appointed by Mandela. The commission investigated past human rights abuses during apartheid and
offered limited amnesty to those who confessed their
complicity. "We had the most devastating revelations
of ghastly atrocities," he has said. "But even these torturers remained children of God, with a possibility of
being able to change." Through the strength of Tutu's
faith and compassion, he was able to bring together
both sides to start to heal the racial divide and unite
the country.
1986: At the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, Archbishop Tutu
addresses a meeting in Alexander Township.
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FALL 2020
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Forgiveness is the only way
to heal ourselves and
to be free from the past.
Although Tutu retired from his position as
Archbishop of Cape Town in 1996, he has never
stopped speaking out about political and human
values, sharing his message of love, equality, and
forgiveness. Many of his ideas and stories have been
put into book form via a collaboration with author
and publisher Douglas Abrams of Idea Architects,
an innovative book and media agency working with
visionaries who are creating a wiser, healthier, and
more just world.
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