Evelyn Mase
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Evelyn Ntoko Mase, later named Evelyn Rakeepile, was the first wife of the South African anti-apartheid activist and the future president Nelson Mandela, to whom she was married from 1944 to 1958. Mas
Mase (right) with Mandela (left) on the wedding day of Walter and Albertina Sisulu in 1944
Mandela and Mase's home in the Johannesburg township of Soweto
Nelson Mandela's second wife, Winnie (pictured), related that despite rumours of discord between them, she had a good relationship with Mase
Graça Machel
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Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Evelyn Mase
…respiratory illness. Her funeral attracted international media attention and was attended by Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and Mandela's third wife, Graça Machel. Evelyn Mase was born in 1922 in Engcobo, Transkei. Her father was a mineworker and her mother was his second wife; they had six children, three of…
Graça Machel in 2010
Graça and Samora Machel hosting Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu in Maputo, 1979
Machel during the WEF 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama greeting Machel at the memorial service for her late husband Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, 2013.