Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960

Photograph by Cloete Breytenbach © Cloete Breytenbach

Updated: 24 Jul 2019

Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960 — Photograph by Cloete Breytenbach © Cloete Breytenbach

A garland of ferns tickles Luthuli's ears as he tells one meeting on his tour of Cape Twon: "Nigeria is to be free in 1960 and, perhaps, we too might well injoy freedom in 1960...What a glorious opportunity it is for us to be able to seek a formula whereby people of different races can live in friendship together. I like to believe that the powers-that-be reserved South Africa to be a place where race relations could be worked out for the benefit of the whole world. I say this generation is fortunate - fortunate to be able to surrender itself fully to a struggle".

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South African History Online. (2011, March 28). Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0046828

South African History Online (2011) 'Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0046828 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).

South African History Online, Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0046828, (accessed 6 September 2026).

"Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0046828. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0046828.

Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960

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