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He opposed vocally but non-violently Apartheid in S Africa. He was persecuted and tortured by the authorities, and when apartheid fell he chaired the Truth and Reconcilliation Committee to bring persecutor and persecuted together without the need for violent retribution that would likely follow.

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Desmond Tutu earned his Nobel Peace Prize by preaching nonviolence even after the South African government slaughtered black protestors of the apartheid policy.

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Nelson Mandela helped to make peace between the white (or Afrikaans) population and the black (or kafir) population of South Africa.

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Nelson Mandela got the Nobel Peace Prize because he stopped racism that time.

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