| Intro | Daughter of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Ntoko | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, Maki | ||||||
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Anthropologist Businessperson |
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| From | South Africa | ||||||
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| Gender | female | ||||||
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1954, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Age | 67 years | ||||||
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Pumla Makaziwe “Maki” Mandela-Amuah (born 1 May 1954) is the daughter of Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Mase.
Early life and education
Makaziwe Mandela was born into a family of chieftains. Her father Nelson was a direct descendant of the holders of the kingship of the Thembu people and was himself the heir of the chieftaincy of Mvezo. His grandson, Makaziwe’s nephew Mandla, eventually succeeded to the latter title.
She is named after her older sister, born in 1947, who died aged just nine months. Of the four children born to Nelson and Evelyn Mandela, Makaziwe is the only one still living and the only one to outlive their father.
She received her secondary education at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa before going to the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. In 1993, she earned a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Career
She has held senior posts at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and now heads the Industrial Development Group (IDG), with interests in mining and petroleum.
Personal life
She is married to Dr. Isaac Amuah, who is of Ghanaian origin.