Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's childhood in South Africa, "Desmond and the Very Mean Word" reveals the power of words and the secret of forgiveness.
When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride through his neighborhood, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when a g[...]

In "Made for Goodness", Archbishop Desmond Tutu explains that, though we sometimes act out of depravity and despair, we do know in our heart of hearts that we are not as we were meant to be, and were created to be so much more. The truth of human goodness can get hidden under the fear that we cannot[...]

The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu, offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness.[...]

How do I forgive? Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has witnessed some of the worst crimes people can inflict on others. So wherever he goes, he inevitably gets asked this question. This book is his answer. Writing with his daughter, Mpho, an Anglican priest, they lay out the simple but profoun[...]

The Rainbow People Of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, Tutu's words and presence[...]

The truth of human goodness can get hidden under the fear that we cannot live up to its demands, or it can get buried under faults or failures, or it can just get forgotten. This book shows how we can find our way back to goodness by changing our attitudes, by practising forgiveness, and by prayer.[...]

In a world marked by hatred and rivalry, and against ideologies based on resentment and exclusion, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho Tutu vindicate the importance of forgiveness. For them, this value is one of the most effective spiritual tools to build unity between h[...]

Vi känner alla alltför väl till den brutalitet, smärta och det hat som förgiftar våra liv på den här planeten. Min dotter och jag har tillsammans skrivit den här boken därför att den grymhet och de oförrätter som vi människor visar varandra är inte hela sanningen om mänskligheten, in[...]

"Jag har ofta sagt att i Sydafrika hade det inte funnits någon framtid utan förlåtelse. Vår ilska och viljan att hämnas hade kunnat förstöra allt. Det är lika sant för var och en av oss som för hela världen." Fredspristagaren och rättviserebellen Desmond Tutu har tillsammans med sin d[...]

History will remember Desmond Tutu, who has been called South Africa's Martin Luther King, Jr., as a great leader in the struggle against apartheid. In this new biography, which includes original quotations from the author's interviews with Tutu, readers will follow the steady progress of a boy and [...]

The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. Never had any country sought to move forward from despotism to democracy both by exposing the atrocities committed in the past and achieving reconciliation with its former oppressors. At the[...]