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Dec 3, 2019 · Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, Chief. Also Known As: "Hendry", "Henry". Birthdate: 1880. Death: circa 1930 (45-54) (tuberculosis ) Immediate Family: Son of Mandela, Left Hand House Son; Chief of Mveso.
Apr 26, 2020 · Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880-1928) was a member of the Thembu tribe of South Africa, and the chief of Mvezo, a tiny village on the banks of the Mbashe River, known today as the Bashee River. He was the father of anti-apartheid activist and South African president Nelson Mandela.
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, ook bekend as Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla, [1] (gebore omstreeks 1880, oorlede omstreeks 1928) was 'n Suid-Afrikaanse hoofman [2] van Mvezo [3] 'n klein dorpie naby die Mbashe-rivier. Hy is veral bekend as die vader van Nelson Mandela (1918 ‒ 2013), die burgerregte-aktivis wat president van suid-Afrika geword het.
The prince's own son, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, was later also given the title of the chief of Mvezo by his relative, the king of Thembuland, as a further marker of the family's eminence. After being lost in the Apartheid era, this chieftaincy has since been restored to the Mandelas.
Nov 22, 2019 · 9 Editors’ note: Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (London, Abacus, 1995), p. 4, calls his father Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa; Trapido, Hunger for Freedom, pp. 6–7, follows this usage. However, Bonner used Gadla Henry Mandela, taking the surname from Nelson Mandela’s grandfather, which is the more general usage now, preferred by the ...
Nelson Mandela's father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela (1880–1928), was a local chief and councillor to the monarch; he was appointed to the position in 1915, after his predecessor was accused of corruption by a governing white magistrate.
Father: Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry (died 1930)*. Mother: Nonqaphi Fanny Nosekeni (died 1968) Mr Mandela was married three times. He had six children – four girls and two boys. Two daughters and two sons passed away: Makaziwe died as an infant in 1948; Madiba Thembekile (Thembi) died in a car accident in 1969; Makgatho Lewanika died of an ...
