Enthronement of Desmond Tutu as Archbishop of Cape Town

Title

Enthronement of Desmond Tutu as Archbishop of Cape Town

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

7 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:44

Description

Report on the enthronement of Desmond Tutu as the Archbishop of Cape Town. He is the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa. Includes excerpt of his sermon on apartheid; speech by Robert Runcie, Archbisop of Canterbury, breaking the law by quoting Nelson Mandela. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Robert Runcie; Desmond Tutu

Keywords

South Africa; Apartheid; Archbishops; Robert Runcie; Racial segregation; Anglicanism; Black African peoples; Nelson Mandela; Cape Town; Desmond Tutu

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