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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 ...
e. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela OLS MP (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 [ 1] – 2 April 2018), [ 2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, convicted kidnapper, [ 3] politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003, [ 4] and ...
Horatia Nelson. Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 1765 – 15 January 1815), known upon moving to London as Emma Hart, and upon marriage as Lady Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, culminating in the naval hero Lord ...
The family was started in the 18th century, when King Ngubengcuka of the Thembus married and left a son named Mandela, the first of the direct line to bear the name. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prince Mandela was a son of a woman that belonged to the Ixhiba clan, a ritually inferior family when compared to his father's AmaHalas, and therefore his cadet branch ...
Greg and Jenny (Laurence Lau and Kim Delaney) Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American soap opera All My Children. [1] Greg was portrayed by Laurence Lau, and Jenny was portrayed by actress Kim Delaney . They were best friends to fellow supercouple Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter .
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
List of Nobel laureates. Nobel laureates receive a gold medal together with a diploma and (as of 2023) 11 million SEK (roughly US $1.0 million, €0.95 million). Nobel laureates of 2012 – Alvin E. Roth, Brian Kobilka, Robert J. Lefkowitz, David J. Wineland, and Serge Haroche – during the ceremony. The Nobel Prizes ( Swedish: Nobelpriset ...
Azumah Nelson. Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor) [ 3] is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice between 1988 and 1997.