born 1898, Rhodesia
died July 21, 1967, Stanger, S.Af.
Zulu chief and president of the African National Congress (1952–60).
Trained at a mission school, Lutuli taught and served a small community as chief before being elected ANC president. He was frequently imprisoned for his anti-apartheid activities. He set forth his views in Let My People Go (1962). In 1960 he became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.