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Witness History: Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

10/12/2010 GMT

Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

BBC World Service - Witness History, Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960

When Albert Luthuli won the Nobel Peace Prize he was living under a banning order in rural South Africa.  His daughter Albertina talks to Witness.

When Chief Albert Luthuli won the Nobel Peace Prize he was living under a banning order in rural South Africa.  His daughter Albertina talks to Witness. Also listen to archive recordings of his acceptance speech.

He won the prize for advocating peaceful opposition to the Apartheid regime in South Africa. 

Picture: Albert Luthuli receives the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960, Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive

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