Albert Lutuli
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists
- Curriculum: African History
Article abstract: In 1960, Lutuli became the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This international honor recognized his commitment to nonviolent means to free South Africans from apartheid and to restore the honor of Africa.
Early Life
Albert John Mvumbi (“Continuous Rain”) Lutuli (“Dust”) was born to South African parents in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Lutuli was an infant when his father died. In 1908, Lutuli’s mother returned to Natal and sent her son to Groutville to live with his uncle, Chief Martin Lutuli. Young Lutuli’s...
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