Makaziwe Mandela

Makaziwe Mandela
Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah talking in a press conference during Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China
Born	1954 (age 61-62) Johannesburg, South Africa
Education	Waterford Kamhlaba
Alma mater	University of Fort Hare University of Massachusetts
Parent(s)	Nelson Mandela Evelyn Mase
Relatives	Makgatho Mandela (brother) Zenani Mandela-Dlamini (sister)

Pumla Makaziwe "Maki" Mandela-Amuah (born 1954)^[1][2] is the daughter of Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Mase. She was named after her older sister, born in 1947, who died aged just nine months. Of the four children born to Nelson and Evelyn Mandela, Makaziwe is the only one still living and the only one to outlive their father. She is married to Dr. Isaac Amuah, who is of Ghanaian origin.

She received her secondary education at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa before going to the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. In 1993, she earned a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.^[3]

She has held senior posts at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and now heads the Industrial Development Group (IDG), with interests in mining and petroleum.^[4]

References

1. "Genealogy". Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Nelson Mandela Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
2. McGregor, Liz (5 May 2004). "Obituary: Evelyn Rakeepile". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
3. "University of Massachusetts Honors Nelson Mandela With Honorary Degree". University of Massachusetts. February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
4. "Media release" (PDF). Myriad. October 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.