Evelyn Ntoko Mase Death
Evelyn Ntoko passed away on April 30, 2004 at the age of 81 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
When did Evelyn Ntoko Mase die?
April 30, 2004How old was Evelyn Ntoko Mase when died?
81Where did Evelyn Ntoko Mase die? What was the location of death?
Johannesburg, South Africa
Evelyn Ntoko Mase Birthday and Date of Death
Evelyn Ntoko Mase was born on May 18, 1922 and died on April 30, 2004. Evelyn Ntoko was 81 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 18, 1922
Date of Death: April 30, 2004
Age at Death: 81
Evelyn Ntoko Mase - Biography
Evelyn Mase (18 May 1922 – 30 April 2004) was a South African nurse, who was the first wife of the anti-apartheid activist and future politician Nelson Mandela, to whom she was married from 1944 to 1958. She was the mother of four of his children, including Makgatho Mandela and Makaziwe Mandela.
When Walter and Albertina moved to a larger house at 7372 Orlando West, they gave their old house to Sam. Evelyn and Sam continued to visit the Sisulus at their new house, meeting their lodger, Nelson Mandela. She would later inform Fatima Meer that "I think I loved him the first time I saw him", and they started dating after a few days. Within several months, he proposed marriage to her, delighting Sam and the Sisulus. The wedding took place on 5 October 1944 at Johannesburg's Native Commissioner's Court; they could not afford a wedding feast, with no traditional Xhosa elements in the ceremony.
Evelyn became a Jehovah's Witness, and separated from Mandela in 1955 after what her husband described in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, as an irreconcilable conflict between politics and religion. "I could not give up my life in the struggle, and she could not live with my devotion to something other than herself and her family", he wrote. "I never lost my admiration for her, but in the end we could not make our marriage work."
