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35 Powerful Facts About Worldwide Peacemaker, Nelson Mandela

President of South Africa - African National Congress

22. Mandela Married His First Wife, Evelyn

Nelson Mandela and Evelyn in July 1944 in a wedding party. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

Mandela spent a lot of time with people who also participated in the ANC, and it was through them that he met his first wife, Evelyn. Evelyn was also an ANC activist and, at the time, was training to become a nurse. They had four children together, one of whom died as an infant. The couple worked together to help further the cause of the ANC.

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