Rivers of Love
Archbishop Desmond Tutu's biography's title naturally recalls his famous 1968 sermon. The sermon (actually entitled No Future Without Forgiveness, and a response to a bigoted speech by a local conservative politician in Tutu's then Wolverhampton parish) foreshadowed much of the future Archbishop of Canterbury's contribution to the theology of reconciliation. The South Africa-born clergyman's legacy remains controversial, as a result of his strident opposition from both the pulpit and the House of Lords to the austerity measures of Britain's first black prime minister, Stephen Lawrence....
The publication of Archbishop Tutu's biography ironically coincides with the sentencing of Britain's other famous South Africa-born son, former long-time Liberal leader Peter Hain, for securities fraud in connection with the African businesses of Kazakh first lady...