When Desmond Tutu visited Toronto 35 years ago as the first Black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg, he appealed to Canadians to join the struggle against South Africa’s apartheid regime.
In a historic speech to the Ontario legislature on May 30, 1986, Tutu called on the international community to intervene to end the system of oppression whereby the majority Black population was subjugated by a government controlled by the white minority.
It was the first time in 34 years that a foreign dignitary had been invited to address the legislature of Canada’s biggest province.
“Please help us. Our country is burning. Our children are dying,” said Tutu, who later
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