Albert John Lutuli (1898-1967)

Awarded the Prize “in recognition of his nonviolent struggle against racial discrimination.”

South African politician. Lutuli was born in 1898 in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He completed a teacher’s course at Methodist Institution at Edendale the Higher Teachers’ Training Course at Adams College. In 1944 he joined the African National Congress, in 1952 he was elected president-general of ANC. Lutuli died on July 21, 1967 at Stanger, South Africa.
Major Works:
The Road to Freedom Is via the Cross (1952); Freedom is the Apex (1960); Let My People Go: An Autobiography (1962); Africa’s Freedom (1964)