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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray'. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Source: Sayings of the Week, 16 Dec 1984.
-- Desmond Tutu, (Oct 7 1931-____), South African religious leader; He was first black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg; won Nobel Prize for Peace, 1984, for his role in the opposition to apartheid.

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