Nobel Peace Prize 1984

Desmond Mpilo Tutu

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1984 was awarded to Desmond Mpilo Tutu "for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa"

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