People only think of Zenani and Zindziswa when they hear that Nelson Mandela has children. They don’t know that there are more. Dr. Makaziwe Pumla Mandela Amuah, who is also known as Maki, is the woman in the picture above. She is 67 years old and the only child left from Mandela’s first marriage.

Winnie Madikizela Mandela was talked about and talked about a lot more than Nelson Mandela’s first wife. Many people didn’t find out that Winnie wasn’t Mandela’s first wife for a long time, and this article is the first time for many people to learn that Evelyn Ntoko Mase was in Mandela’s life before Winnie Madikizela.

Evelyn was a cousin of ANC member Walter Sisulu, and it was through him that she met Mandela. She was a Jehovah’s Witness and worked as a nurse in Johannesburg back when Mandela was in politics.

They got married in 1944 and had four children: Thembekile Madiba Mandela, who died at age 24 in a car accident, Makgatho Mandela, who died at age 54 in 2005, Makaziwe Snr, who died when he was a baby, and Makaziwe pumla Mandela Amuah, who is the only one who is still alive.

Reports say that Evelyn paid for Mandela’s education so he could become a lawyer. In 1958, they split up, and in 1960, Mandela married Winnie. She died when she was 81 years old.

These are Mandela’s grandchildren: Mandla, Ndaba, Nandi, and Ndileka. They are all related to Evelyn through her family tree.