Albert Luthuli: The murdered leader who put his people first

A section of the Luthuli Avenue in Nairobi. Inset: South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli. [File, Standard]

South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on July 21, 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest concluded that his death was an accident – he had been hit by a train. This finding was always disputed by his family, and almost 60 years later, they were vindicated.