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Graça Machel

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Graça Machel

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Also known as Graça Simbine Machel, Graça Simbine

Mozambican humanitarian activist and politician

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Graça Machel, born Graça Simbine in 1945 in Portuguese Mozambique, is a teacher, politician, minister, and social activist. She holds citizenship in both South Africa and Mozambique and has worked in Maputo and Johannesburg. Machel is a member of the FRELIMO political party and The Elders. She was educated at the University of Lisbon and speaks English. Her religious affiliation is Methodism.

Machel has been married to Samora Moisés Machel and Nelson Mandela. She has two children, including Josina Z. Machel. Her notable works include *Dare Not Linger*, *None of Us Is Free until All of Us Are Free*, and various statements regarding the impact of armed conflict on children. She has received the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, the North–South Prize, the Nansen Refugee Award, and the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child.

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Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Dare Not Linger
  • King Sobhuza II memorial lectures
  • None of Us Is Free until All of Us Are Free
  • Statement of the First Regional Consultation on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children
  • Statement of the Third Regional Consultation on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Humanity: Una historia de filantropía — Self2025
  • Comrade President2012
  • Huwelijk kroonprins Willem-Alexander en Máxima Zorreguieta — Self2002

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Mozambique
Active from
1945

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
3

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gra%C3%A7a+Machel">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Tradition has developed into practices which overtime have become beliefs which in essence they put women in a position of inferiority.
  • Tradition has developed a hierarchy in relationship between men and women that leads to discrimination.
  • The role tradition has played in the relationship in the family between men and women has been detrimental to women.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

President
Nelson Mandela , (spouse)
Preceded by
Zindzi Mandela , Zenani Mandela , (step-daughter)
Succeeded by
Zanele Mbeki

via Wikipedia infobox

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Personal details BornGraça Simbine (1945-10-17) 17 October 1945 80) Incadine, Portuguese Mozambique

PartyFRELIMO (1973–present) African National Congress (1998–present) Spouses

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Graça Machel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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