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Luthuli or Lutuli, Albert (John Mvumbi)
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[lutoolee]
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| Resistance leader, born in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia). He studied at an American mission school, and was a teacher before being elected tribal chief of Groutville, KwaZulu Natal. Deposed for anti-apartheid activities, he became president-general of the African National Congress (1952–60), and was a defendant in the Johannesburg treason trial (1956–7). He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his unswerving opposition to racial violence, and was elected rector of Glasgow University (1962), but severe restrictions imposed by the South African government prevented him from leaving Natal. In 1962 he published Let My People Go. |
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