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Graça Machel
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Mozambican humanitarian activist and politician
OverviewAI-generated
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.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,661x
- Shedding light on the cell biology of extracellular vesicles
· 2018 · cited 7,625x
- Extracellular vesicles: Exosomes, microvesicles, and friends
· 2013 · cited 7,276x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
- Biogenesis, Secretion, and Intercellular Interactions of Exosomes and Other Extracellular Vesicles
· 2014 · cited 5,540x
via Crossref · CC0
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.