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Este es un testimonio real y verídico de un arzobispo sudafricano que vive en carne propia el apatheid en su país, Sudáfrica. Desmond Tutu nos revela sus impresiones, desde una visión bastante singular, de los agitados y tormentosos días que vivió bajo ese sistema. Es una demostración de la profundidad espiritual con que el prelado asumió el conflicto. Más allá de una opción cristiana y religiosa, esta experiencia de sufrimiento traspasa el dolor y se transforma en un sentimiento de esperanza y alegría frente al futuro. Con unos finos toques de humor, Tutu nos hablará en su relato de la redención, de Dios, sin importar la religión ni la raza; lo que se transforma para todos los lectores en un mensaje lleno de anhelo por construir un mundo mejor.

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Desmond Tutu was born October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa. He attended Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and graduated in 1954 from the University of South Africa.

After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, and was ordained as a priest in 1960. From 1962 to 1966 Tutu devoted his time to further theological study in England at King's College, eventually earning a Master's of Theology. From 1967 to 1972 he taught theology in South Africa before returning to England for three years as the assistant director of a theological institute in London. In 1975 he was appointed Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg, the first black to hold that position. From 1976 to 1978 he was Bishop of Lesotho, and in 1978 became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches.

Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 15, 1984 for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa. He was then elected Archbishop of Cape Town in April of 1986, the highest position in the South African Anglican Church. Tutu is also an honorary doctor of various universities in the USA, Britain and Germany.

He is the author of the best seller, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, with the Dalai Lama XIV and Douglas Carlton Abrams.

(Bowker Author Biography)