Archbishop Desmond Tutu Takes A Well-Deserved Rest

A pho­to of Bish­op Desmond Tutu post­ed on the What­sApp social media plat­form by Ghis­lain Atan­ga in Cameroon

Today we learned that Arch­bish­op Desmond Tutu who played a piv­otal role in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa passed away at 90. News Orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing many in the Unit­ed States, have writ­ten exten­sive­ly cel­e­brat­ing and hon­or­ing Tutu’s life. This includes CNN, The New York Times, The Hill, The Wash­ing­ton Post, and The Wall Street Journal. 

Cov­er­age from US online news media fol­low­ing the death of Bish­op Desmond Tutu. Decem­ber 26, 2021

The news, analy­sis, and com­men­tary about Tutu’s life have been most­ly pos­i­tive, telling the sto­ry of his focus on social jus­tice, truth, and reconciliation. 

Many of our African com­mu­ni­ties encap­su­late the sen­ti­ments that reflect the chal­lenges the peo­ple in South Africa expe­ri­enced under white minor­i­ty rule.  As I scoured social media to see what oth­ers were say­ing, the thoughts of Ghis­lain Atan­ga, a stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bamen­da in Cameroon caught my attention.

Atan­ga stat­ed: “Bish­op Desmond Tutu takes a well deserved rest at 90. I cel­e­brate your life and mourn not your loss but for human­i­ty. Sleep calm sir.” 

He end­ed his com­ments with an emo­ji express­ing love for the fall­en giant.