Nobel Peace Prize

I was shocked to hear that Chief Luthuli had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I had assumed that this struggle in South Africa was just an internal conflict oblivious to the West. But such recognition puts the South African struggles on the map. The award represents a type of hope that the efforts of Chief Luthuli will eventually climax to freedom and equal rights for all South Africans. It was ironic that the award was for peace and the ANC had been moving towards a violent approach. I can relate to this to how Barack Obama had recently won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. He had not achieved peace yet in places like the Middle East yet but his efforts to make amends with Muslims around the world and his ability to bring people of various diversities together. Like Chief Luthuli, it was ironic that even though Obama had won the prize, the U.S. was fighting in two wars half way across the globe.