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Witness History: Archive 2010

Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Witness History: Archive 2010
Witness History: Archive 2010

When Chief Albert Luthuli won the Nobel Peace Prize he was living under a banning order in rural South Africa. His daughter Albertina talks to Witness. Also listen to archive recordings of his acceptance speech.

He won the prize for advocating peaceful opposition to the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Picture: Albert Luthuli receives the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960, Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive

Witness History: Archive 2010
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