Winnie Mandela

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This paper examines the life and history of Winnie Mandela of South Africa. According to this paper, as much as Winnie Mandela gained power, she ultimately remained powerless. Her biggest boost, was her marriage to political icon, Nelson Mandela.

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"Mandela is an interesting study, in that she gained tremendous power within a society that specifically aimed to disempower all black people. She was in fact doubly disempowered, as the system was also very sexist. On the one hand she gained power in a manner often utilized by women: through marriage to a powerful and influential man, Nelson Mandela. On the other hand, she forged her own path, to the point that Nelson Mandela eventually divorced her in 1996, on the grounds of adultery ("Winnie Mandela Faces," 2002). The very mention of the name of Winnie Mandela still has the power to evoke enormous hatred or passionate defense."

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