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birth
born in klerksdorp,nearby johannesburg -
diploma
teacher's diploma -
marrige
marrige a woman called leah Nomalizo Shenxane -
resigning from teaching
resign to begain ordination training st Peter theological College in johannesburg -
Anglican priest
he became an Anglican priest -
traveled to england
traveled to england to further pursue theological study -
the return
Returns to South Africa to teach at the Federal Theological Seminary at Alice on the Eastern Cape -
theology
Lectures in theology at the University of Botswana in Roma, Lesotho -
the first black Anglican
he becomes first black Anglican Dean of Johannesburg -
first black General
he was appointed as the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches -
Nobel peace prize
Gets Nobel peace prize for speaking out against apartheid -
Anglican bishop of Johannesburg
Elected as Johannesburg's first black Anglican bishop -
the first black Achbishop of Cape town
Elected as first black Archbishop of Cape Town -
Leads Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Leads Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to gather evidence of apartheid-era crimes -
trveles to Gaza
Travels to Gaza on a UN mission, to investigate the killing of 21 Palestinian civilians, by Israeli shelling, in November 2006. -
the Prize
Presented with the International Gandhi Peace Prize