Albertina sisulu biography definition

South African anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress (ANC) official, who is called the "mother of the nation" for her role in the struggle against apartheid. Name variations: Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu; Mama Sisulu.

Born on October 21, 1918, in the district of Tsomo, Transkei, South Africa; daughter of Benjamin Boniliawe and Nonani Thethiwe; certified as a nurse; married Walter Sisulu (an anti-apartheid activist and ANC official), on July 17, 1944; children: daughters Nonkululeko, Lindiwe, and Beryl (adopted); sons Max, Mlungisi, Zwelakhe, Jonqumzi (adopted), Gerald (adopted), and Samuel (adopted).

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu—better known as Albertina Sisulu—was born among the Xhosa people in the district of Tsomo, Transkei, South Africa, in 1918.

At that time, South Africa operated under apartheid, a policy institutionalizing strict racial segregation as well as political and economic discrimination against South Africa's nonwhit