South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died aged 90.
He was named the first black Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986 - becoming the head of the Anglican Church, South Africa’s fourth largest.A school teacher’s son, Tutu was born in Klerksdorp - a conservative town west of Johannesburg, on October 7 in 1931.At this time, many of the leaders of the rebel African National Congress - such as Nelson Mandela - were behind bars.
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