Taís Araújo and Lázaro receive Graça Machel, activist for education and widow of Mandela

Taís Araujo and Lázaro Ramos received, on Tuesday (12), the Mozambican activist Graça Simbine Machel Mandela, who is also a widow of Nelson Mandela, at her home in Rio de Janeiro.

The meeting, recorded in photos and shared on Instagram on Wednesday (13), was described by the couple as a special moment. “Yesterday had everything to be an ordinary Tuesday, but it wasn’t! We had the honor of receiving at home Graça Simbine Machel Mandela, one of the world’s greatest activists for dignity, education and the rights of children in conflict countries. Chic, right?”, Wrote in the publication.

According to them, the conversation addressed the trajectory of grace, including his struggle for the liberation of Mozambique, the challenges in access to education and his performance as Minister of Education and Culture in the African country. “All this path and prestige made me think about how often the erasure of female protagonism is trying to reduce their history to the fact that it was the first lady of two African countries, alongside Samora Machel and after Nelson Mandela, when, in fact, her life and struggle go far beyond that.”

The couple also highlighted their work in the international organization The Elders, formed by independent global leaders, former governments and influential figures to promote peace, justice and human rights, and as leader of a project that supports entrepreneurs on the African continent.

“Thank you, funny, for sharing your story, your time and your experiences, and for the beautiful capulana, making our Tuesday everything, less common. We already combined the return,” they concluded