Racism

1. DESMOND TUTÚ
By:
Elena Raya Domingo
María de Diego Sacristán
Patricia Jimeno Escobar

2. INTRODUCTION
Desmond Mpilo Tutú was born on the 7th
of October
in the 1931. Is a South African social rights
activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to
worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of
apartheid.

3. PERSONAL LIFE
In 1997, Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent
successful treatment in the US. He subsequently became patron of
the South African Prostate Cancer Foundation, which was
established in 1972.
Tutu returned to the UK, where he was appointed vice-director of the
Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches, at
Bromley in Kent. He returned to South Africa in 1975 and was
appointed Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg 2007.

4. EARLY LIFE
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal.
Tutu's family moved to Johannesburg when he was twelve.
Here he met Trevor Huddleston, who was a parish priest in the black slum
of Sophiatown.
Although Tutu wanted to become a doctor, his family could not afford training,
and he followed his father's footsteps into teaching. However, he resigned
following the passage of the Bantu Education Act in protest of the poor
educational prospects for black South Africans.
In 1960 was ordained as an Anglican priest following in the footsteps of his
mentor and fellow activist, Trevor Huddleston.
Tutu then travelled to King's College London, (1962–1966), where he received
his bachelor's and master's degrees in theology. During this time he worked
as a part-time curate
In 1972, Tutu returned to the UK, where he was appointed vice-director of the
Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches, at Bromley in
Kent. He returned to South Africa in 1975 and was appointed Dean of St
Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg