Who is Albert John Luthuli?

Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli was born in Solusi Mission Station near Bulawayo, in southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe on June 4, 1898. In 1946, he was elected to the Natives Representative Council, a governmental advisory body comprising of chiefs and intellectuals. But soon after his election, the workers at the Witwatersrand goldfield went on a strike, which was brutally broken by police, killing eight miners and injuring thousands. As Luthuli was elected president-general of ANC, the government tried to minimize his effectiveness by imposing a ban on him under the Internal Security (Suppression of Communism) Act. He was not only prohibited from attending any political or public gatherings for one year but was also prohibited from entering any major city.  Albert Luthuli was honored with Nobel Peace Prize 1960. He received his prize one year later, in 1961. In 1962, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow by the students, an honorary position he held till 1965. Luthuli Scholarship Fund was also set up to enable a black South African student to study at Glasgow University.

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