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Reconciliation is a long process. We don't have the kind of race clashes that we thought would happen. What we have is xenophobia, and it's very distressing. But maybe you ought to be lenient with us. We've been free for just 12 years.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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