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Desmond
Tutu |
We are delighted to announce that
Desmond Tutu will be the keynote
presenter at the Opening Ceremony |
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
(born 7 October
1931) is a South African cleric and
activist who rose to worldwide fame
during the 1980s as an opponent of
apartheid. Tutu was elected and
ordained the first black South
African Anglican Archbishop of Cape
Town, South Africa, and primate of
the Church of the Province of
Southern Africa (now the Anglican
Church of Southern Africa).
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He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert
Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, and the Magubela
prize for liberty in 1986. He is committed to stopping
global AIDS and has served as the honorary chairman for
the Global AIDS Alliance. In February 2007 he was
awarded Gandhi Peace Prize by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,
president of India.
He was generally credited with coining the term Rainbow
Nation as a metaphor for post-apartheid South Africa
after 1994 under African National Congress rule. The
expression has since entered mainstream consciousness to
describe South Africa's ethnic diversity.
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| OPENING
CEREMONY |
| DOORS OPEN |
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1630 |
| CEREMONY
BEGINS |
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1700 |
| CEREMONY
CLOSES |
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1845 |
| COCKTAIL
RECEPTION |
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1845 - 2015 |
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