Commemorating the life and work of Nobel Prize winner, the late Desmond Tutu, King’s College London (KCL) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) are hosting an online colloquium Desmond Tutu: Spirituality, Social Justice and Leadership on 6 April 2022 from 9h30-16h30 (BST).

Both universities had close associations with the late Archbishop. The event will be led by Professor Linda Woodhead (KCL) and Professor Sarojini Nadar (UWC).

Date: Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Time: 9h30-16h30 (BST)
Format: Online Colloquium

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Speakers

The programme will illustrate the many-faceted involvement of Desmond Tutu. The speakers, many of whom knew and worked with Tutu, include:

• Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town
• Nyameko Barney Pityana, Black Consciousness pioneer
• Revd Mpho Tutu van Furth, Theologian
• Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2014
• Vicentia Kgabe, Anglican Bishop of Lesotho
• Graça Machel, Vice-Chair of The Elders, and
• Koleka Putuma, award-winning South African poet and playwright

Access the full programme and related documents on the King's College Events page here.

For further information, please contact: Juliette Boyd (juliette.boyd@kcl.ac.uk).

Image courtesy Anti-Apartheid Movement Archive