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Evelyn Mase. Evelyn Ntoko Mase (18 May 1922 – 30 April 2004), 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. Mase was a nurse by profession.
Dec 6, 2013 · Nelson Mandela married Evelyn Mase, a cousin of his political mentor Walter Sisulu, three years after arriving in Johannesburg to avoid an arranged marriage in the rural region of Eastern Cape. He ...
Apr 30, 2004 · The picture often showed of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase is one in fact taken at Albertina and Walter Sisulu’s wedding party on 17 July 1944, where Mase was one of the bridesmaids and Mandela one of the groomsmen. [6] A few months later on 5 October 1944, Mase and Mandela got married in a humble fashion at the Native Commissioners Court ...
May 11, 2022 · Nelson Mandela and his future first wife Evelyn Mase in the bridal party at Walter and Albertina Sisulu's wedding on 17 July 1944. Mandela was best man. Mandela and Mase were to marry three months ...
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May 6, 2004 · Evelyn Mandela, 82, ... She was born Evelyn Ntoko Mase in the rural town of Engcobo and was introduced to Mandela by her cousin, African National Congress activist Walter Sisulu, after moving to ...
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Evelyn Ntoko Mase was born in Engcobo, Transkei, on May 18, 1922, in a devout Christian family. By the age of twelve, she had lost both her parents. She moved to Johannesburg and trained as a nurse. Through her first cousin Walter Sisulu, later an important political figure, she met Mandela, and married him in 1944.
Evelyn Ntoko Mase (18 May 1922 – 30 April 2004), 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. Mase was a nurse by profession.