Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu is the third child of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. Born in South Africa and educated in Swaziland, the U.S., and England, she has divided her adult life between South Africa and the U.S.
Her professional experience includes development consulting in West Africa; coordinating programs on Race and Gender and Gender-based Violence in Education at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town; and teaching at the University of Hartford, University of Connecticut, and Brevard College in North Carolina.
A program coordinator for the historic Race Relations Institute at Fisk University, she was a delegate to the World Conference against Racism in Durban. In addition to speaking and preaching widely, Rev. Tutu established Nozizwe Consulting to bring groups together to learn from and celebrate their differences and acknowledge their shared humanity.
As part of this work she has led Truth and Reconciliation Workshops for groups dealing with conflict and has offered educational and partnership trips to South Africa. Rev. Tutu is the recipient of four honorary doctorates from universities and colleges in the US and Nigeria. Rev. Tutu is ordained clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. She serves as a curate at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville.
