The term ‘Rainbow Nation’ symbolizes the unity of multiculturalism by bringing people of various nations together in a country previously separated by the Apartheid regime.
Desmond Tutu, a prominent South African Anglican Archbishop, was the first to famously refer to South Africa as the Rainbow Nation in the 1990s. Tutu, originally from South Africa, played a crucial role in the anti-apartheid movement and later in promoting reconciliation and social justice in the post-apartheid era.