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 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.
The title "Patron of National Braai Day" was one more honor for the man regarded as South Africa's moral conscience. Braai, Afrikaans for barbecue, is the word all South Africans use for grilling.
"There are so many things that are pulling us apart," Archbishop Tutu said, as he distributed sizzling sausages to the small crowd on the terrace outside his modest office. "This has a wonderful potential to bring us all together."
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