8 Historical Facts about Graça Machel Mandela

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1. Graça Machel i MuN’wanati.
2. Her full name is Graça Simbine Machel Mandela.
3. She’s the only woman in history to marry two Presidents.
4. She’s very first Black woman in history to serve as First Lady in two different countries.
5. Simbine is her maiden surname, Machel is her first husband, and Mandela is her last husband.
6. The Simbine clan is related to Eduardo Mondlane‘s clan, the first liberation leader of Mozambique.
7. She comes from the same dynasty that produced legendary runners such as Maria ‘Maputo Express’ Mutola, Olympic 800m champion, and Akani Simbine, Africa’s fastest sprinter.
8. She also shares lineage with political leaders like Floyd Shivambu, cofounder of the Economic Freedom Fighters, and Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi, founder of the Ximoko Party and first Prime Minister of the Gazankulu Homeland. These remarkable individuals are known as VaN’wanati, people of the iron river.”

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