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“Riveting,” “inspirational,” and “profound,” Rabble-Rouser for Peace is the highly-anticipated new biography of Desmond Tutu by South African journalist John Allen.
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"Rabble-Rouser" to Appear in Chinese and German
“Rabble-Rouser for Peace” is to be published in Chinese and German. This after a launch of the Swedish translation at “Bok & Bibliotek,” the huge annual Swedish book fair in Göteborg . The Swedish publishers of the book ordered a second printing during the book fair.
In 2007 “Rabble-Rouser” was described by the judges of South Africa’s Alan Paton Award for Non-fiction as: “The definitive study of the life of one of South Africa’s great heroes… A full, rich account of Tutu’s life…” The book was shortlisted for the 2007 award (at left, author with Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya).
The British/South African edition of the book was published in paperback late in 2007, and the U.S. edition will be out in paperback soon - more news will be posted when it’s available.
The book has been published in Danish under the title, “Fredsrebellen,” and in Swedish as “RÄTTVISANS REBELL,” which can be translated as “Rebel for righteousness/ fairness/ right(s).” It will soon be published in Dutch as “Rebel Voor de Vrede.” For more background to the book, see:
- Why “Rabble-Rouser for Peace”?
- Research notes
- Review: The Bishop Who Signs Himself as ‘Boy’
- Review: On the warpath with God’s first warrior (The Observer, London)
- Review: Tutu’s story (Christian Century)
- Review: Mighty fighter in a mitre (Financial Mail, South Africa)
Tutu: Moses of Africa
By DAVID KAIZA
The East African, Nairobi
TWO DRAMATIC PICTURES capture the spirit of this book; one blurred shot taken in 1980 in the Eastern Rand, South Africa, shows Desmond Tutu struggling to stay upright as a man about to be lynched clings to his legs.
The second shot, taken nine years later in Gugulethu, Cape Town, shows him in his cassock outside a church, with four other men silhouetted against a rising cloud of tear gas.
Biography of Desmond Tutu is rewarding read
Biography of Desmond Tutu is rewarding read
Mountain Echo, News from the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont
By John Morris
In November of 2006, my wife, Susan, and I had the opportunity to be in South Africa for two weeks. We visited our daughter, who has been studying there for three years, and we toured some towns and cities, met a lot of her friends, and saw some beautiful countryside and ocean shore. One of the last things I did before we returned home was purchase a copy of the new Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu, by John Allen. With South Africa’s history and culture and geography so fresh in my mind, I thought there would be no better time to read this book.
Working with a rabble-rouser
From Times Online
October 10, 2007
John Allen spent 13 years following in the wake of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as the author of his biography, he explains what motivated the rabble-rouser and what kept him going through the dark days of apartheid
by Joanna Sugden
He’s been called an “angry, evil and embittered little bishop” by Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe which must be a badge of honour.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who turned 76 on Sunday, can claim so many titles, Nobel Peace Laureate, anti-apartheid activist, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but in his authorised biography, he is the rabble-rouser for peace. As apt a description as Mugabe’s is offensive.
