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Birth Name: Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Date of Birth: 7 October, 1931
Place of Birth: Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa
Date of Death: 26 December, 2021
Place of Death: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Ethnicity:
*amaFengu Xhosa (father)
*Tswana (mother)
Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian. He was known for his work as an anti-Apartheid and human rights activist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984.
Desmond was the son of mother, Allen Dorothea Mavoertsek Mathlare, a Motswana from Boksburg, Gauteng, and father, Zachariah Zelilo Tutu, a Xhosa of the amaFengu branch from Gcuwa, Eastern Cape. The family spoke isiXhosa at home.
Tutu married Nomalizo Leah Shenxane in 1955. They had four children, including Mpho Tutu van Furth. His granddaughter is actress Natasha Thahane.
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