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- South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died recently.
- He was remembered for his easy humour and characteristic smile — and above all his tireless fight against injustices of all colours.
- The Archbishop won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for combating white minority rule in South Africa.
- He coined the term “Rainbow Nation” to describe South Africa when Nelson Mandela became the country’s first black President in 1994.
- Former U.S. President Barack Obama, the country’s first black leader, hailed Tutu as a “moral compass”.
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