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Desmond tutu, known as "the arch," rose to prominence during a period of political violence in south africa when racial segregation was enforced by the minority white government. in 1984 he received the nobel peace prize for his efforts. the nobel committee pointed to, in their words, his role as a unifying leader, figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid. cnn's david mckenzie in south africa now reflects on tutu's historic role in modern south africa. >> you find your cousin has been killed -- >> reporter: when we spoke to the late photographer in 2016, he remembered a diffe...

In cape town and soweto to lay wreaths and light candles. our correspondent nomsa maseko reports from soweto. paying their last respects, people from all walks of life dropped off flowers here at desmond tutu's soweto home, demonstrating what the 90—year—old stood for. he was the voice of reason, the face of reconciliation and south africa's moral compass. this is a dark day to us south africans because he is the light and the icon of this country. he used to be a father to us, his wife used to be a mother to us. it was desmond tutu, known affectionately as "the arch", who coined the phras...

Paying their last respects, people from all walks of life dropped off flowers here at desmond tutu's soweto home, demonstrating what the 90—year—old stood for. he was the voice of reason, the face of reconciliation and south africa's moral compass. this is a dark day to us south africans because he is the light and the icon of this country. he used to be a father to us, his wife used to be a mother to us. it was desmond tutu, known affectionately as "the arch", who coined the phrase "rainbow nation" to describe south africa's ethnic diversity. more than any other, _ you know sometimes when...

Generation. and i've been working for this man since i was a teenager, and he has turned my life upside down. or right side up. you know, working on this struggle as a justice struggle, not about charity, justice. same with hiv aids. you know, later when he lost his son to that disease, it became a very big deal for him. worked for him. strange. his partner and -- archbishop tutu, the arch, which is what we call him, in the interview, the arch. he is amazing, if i don't do what he says, mandela is very persuasive but the arch is a higher level. he says if you don't do this i will see that you ...

>>neil: oil prices jumping $1.30 a day. fears of gas spikes because last year during the arab spring they jumped 29 percent to just shy of $4 a gallon and my next guest worries it is history repeating itself. what do you think? >> getting worse. we are seeing the powder keg in the middle east and the tragic death in libya of the arch -- ambassador stevens making the whole region unstable and that makes crude prices rise along with the ned's -- fed's goodie bag of tricks. i just filled up on the way over and it was over $4 a gallon. >>neil: the moderates that protested the protesters, unfortuna...