Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African activist and retired Anglicanbishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. […] Tutu has been active in the defense of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed.
He has […] received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Pacem in Terris Award in 1987, the Sydney Peace Prize (1999) the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005,[1] and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.