Back Zimbabwean African People's Union Afrikaans الاتحاد الإفريقي الشعبي الزيمبابوي Arabic Zimbabwe African People’s Union German Unión del Pueblo Africano de Zimbabue Spanish Union du peuple africain du Zimbabwe French Unione Popolare Africana di Zimbabwe Italian Kesatuan Rakyat Afrika Zimbabwe Malay ZAPU NN Zimbabwe African People’s Union NB Afrykański Ludowy Związek Zimbabwe Polish
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Zimbabwe African People's Union | |
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| Abbreviation | ZAPU |
| Leader | Michael Nkomo |
| Founded | by Joshua Nkomo on 17 December 1961 (historic) 13 December 2008 (current) |
| Preceded by | National Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Bulawayo |
| Armed wing | ZIPRA (until 1980) |
| Ideology | Communism[1] Marxism-Leninism[2] African nationalism[3] |
| Political position | Far-left |
| House of Assembly | 0 / 280 |
| Senate | 0 / 80 |
| Pan African Parliament | 0 / 5 |
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The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) is a Zimbabwean political party. It is a militant communist organization and political party that campaigned for majority rule in Rhodesia, from its founding in 1961 until 1980. In 1987, it merged with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU – PF).[4]
The party was formed on 17 December 1961, 10 days after the Rhodesian government banned the National Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded by Joshua Nkomo[5] as president, Samuel Parirenyatwa as vice-president, Ndabaningi Sithole as chairman, Jason Moyo as treasurer, Robert Mugabe as information and publicity secretary, and Leopold Takawira as external secretary. ZAPU was banned in 1962 by the Rhodesian white minority government, and later engaged in a guerrilla war against it. The armed wing of ZAPU, known as the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), was founded by Moyo and commanded by General Lookout Masuku.
ZAPU was separate from ZANU as its armed wing, ZIPRA, was aligned with the Soviet Union,[6] who prioritised mobilizing urban workers, whereas ZANU had a pro-People's Republic of China orientation which prioritised mobilizing the rural peasantry.
It was relaunched in 2008 by Joshua Nkomo's son, Michael Nkomo.[7]
- ^ Smith, Evan (2020). "'A last stubborn outpost of a past epoch': The Communist Party of Great Britain, national liberation in Zimbabwe and anti-imperialist solidarity". Twentieth Century Communism. 18 (18): 64–92. doi:10.3898/175864320829334825. S2CID 219842778.
- ^ Smith, Evan (2020). "'A last stubborn outpost of a past epoch': The Communist Party of Great Britain, national liberation in Zimbabwe and anti-imperialist solidarity". Twentieth Century Communism. 18 (18): 64–92. doi:10.3898/175864320829334825. S2CID 219842778.
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- ^ Sibanda, Eliakim M. (2005). The Zimbabwe African People's Union 1961–87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-59221-275-0.
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- ^ Radio, Nehanda (27 April 2021). "Nkomo' son ventures into full-time politics". Nehanda Radio. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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