Evelyn While Mandela was working at becoming a lawyer and learning about politics, he found love; he married Evelyn Ntoko Mase in 1944. She was a nurse and Sisulu’s cousin. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy. Although Mandela initially attended political meetings only as an observer, keenly aware of how green he was in politics, his new life of marriage and domesticity clashed with his growing political awareness and the challenges he faced while trying to work and study towards his LLB.
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