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Random House Children’s Books will publish a picture book adaptation of the international bestseller The Book of Joy from Nobel Peace Prize winners His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, THE LITTLE BOOK OF JOY, on September

This commentary, recorded by Prison Radio, aired on Democracy Now on Dec. 28. Archbishop Tutu visited Mumia Abu-Jamal in 2007, when he was still on death row. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021. Almost a century ago, a little African boy was born to a small family in a small town where…

Desmond Mpilo Tutu, a leading activist in South Africa's fight against apartheid, passed away on December 26, 2021. The 90-year-old retired archbishop, who also spearheaded the country's smooth transition from apartheid to democracy, had been battling prostate cancer since 1997.  Mr. Tutu was laid to rest at a state funeral at St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, on  January 1, 2022.

Before Archbishop Desmond Tutu was interred in a simple 30-minute ceremony in Cape Town's Anglican church, St. George's Cathedral, his body underwent so-called flameless cremation, a water-based version that uses 90% less energy than traditional burning.