Archive for June 20, 2009
Gift Book about Desmond Tutu
I have read two books from the ME WE series published by Blue Mountain Arts publishing. The book titled Believe is about Desmond Tutu. I had heard about Tutu and once set up the audio visual equipment at a Hotel he spoke it. I got to see him briefly in passing. I knew he was famous religious figure, but I didn’t really know anything about him.
All the books in the Me We Series start with an introduction by Desmond Tutu. The introduction talks about ” Ubuntu, which is a central African philosophy: the essence of what it is to be human (page 3)
Half the book is a brief but through biography of Desmond tutu and the second half is excerpts from his sermons dealing with the idea of believe. The ” Believe” theme comes from the idea that Tutu has always believed there is good in humans.
The book offers excellent quotes from Tutu sermons that support that believe and ubuntu.