Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black
Mandela in 1994
Mandela in Umtata, 1937
Mandela and Evelyn in July 1944 at Walter and Albertina Sisulu's wedding party in the Bantu Men's Social Centre
Mandela's former home in the Johannesburg township of Soweto
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
Nelson Mandela
…although she expressed an interest in reconciling, Nelson initiated divorce proceedings in August 1995. By 1995, he had entered into a relationship with Graça Machel, a Mozambican political activist 27 years his junior who was the widow of former president Samora Machel. They had first met in July 1990 when she was…
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.