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ArchBishop Desmend Tutu And Sir Richard Branson.
(I'm feeling determined)
Yesterday, I was watching the show Iconoclasts, and it was about ArchBishop Desmend Tutu, and Sir Richard Branson, Richard Branson is the person if you dont know who that is, he's the person who created virgin records, and later on in life sold it to keep the people who were working for him in his other company, now known as Virgin Air Lines, and then theres ArchBishop Desmend Tutu, his title explain what he is, he speaks out on Apartheid, at first I did not know, who he was or what Apartheid was, but now I do, know what it means and who he is, provided below, is A breif summrey of both of them, from wikipedia.
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was elected and ordained the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is currently the chairman of The Elders. Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. Tutu also campaigns to fight AIDS, poverty and racism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2007. Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student.[1] He then set up a record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded as Zavvi in late 2007. With his flamboyant and competitive style, Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s - as he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label. Richard Branson is the 245th richest person according to Forbes' 2008 list of billionaires as he has an estimated net worth of approximately $2.8 billion USD.[2]
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