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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > key people in global religion > Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Bishop Desmond Tutu  

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  • Bishop Desmond Tutu garnered world renown during the 1980s for his work as a South African Anglican priest actively opposing apartheid, South Africa's national system of racism and racial separation instituted in 1948. For his work, Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; TuTu, Bishop Desmond (b. 1931)]

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