ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People’s Union)

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ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People’s Union) was a major Zimbabwean nationalist liberation movement and political party, led by Joshua Nkomo, that fought against white minority rule and later participated in the country’s transition to independence.

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instanceOf nationalist movement
political party
abbreviation ZAPU
alliedWith Angola
Soviet Union
Zambia
armedWing Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
armedWingAbbreviation ZIPRA
associatedWith ZIPRA guerrillas
linked to: ZIPRA
country Zimbabwe
electionResult1980 became main opposition party
foundedBy Joshua Nkomo
fullName Zimbabwe African People’s Union
goal end of colonial rule in Rhodesia
majority rule in Zimbabwe
hadExileOfficesIn London
linked to: London, England

Lusaka
linked to: Lusaka, Zambia
headquartersLocation Bulawayo
historicalRole key participant in transition from Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe
ideology African nationalism
left-wing politics
keyFigure Joshua Nkomo
leader Joshua Nkomo
mergedInto ZANU–PF
mergerAgreement Unity Accord
notableEvent targeted during Gukurahundi violence
notableLeader Dumiso Dabengwa
Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo
operatedIn Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
opposed white minority rule in Rhodesia
opposedGovernment Rhodesian Front government
participatedIn 1980 Zimbabwe elections
Lancaster House negotiations
Rhodesian Bush War
Zimbabwean liberation struggle
politicalPosition left-wing
recognizedAs major liberation movement in Zimbabwe’s independence struggle
regionOfSupport Matabeleland
representedGroup largely Ndebele population
rival ZANU
ZANU–PF
signed Lancaster House Agreement
statusAfter1987 absorbed into ZANU–PF
unityAccordDate 22 December 1987
usedLanguage English
Ndebele
linked to: Northern Ndebele

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Lancaster House Agreement signatoryParty ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People’s Union)
ZANU–PF foundedBy ZAPU
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ZANU–PF formedByMergerOf Zimbabwe African People’s Union
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Rhodesia opposedBy ZAPU
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Joshua Nkomo memberOfPoliticalParty Zimbabwe African People's Union
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Rhodesian Bush War opponent Zimbabwe African People's Union
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Gukurahundi relatedTo ZAPU
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Government of Rhodesia opposedBy ZAPU
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Patriotic Front formedFrom Zimbabwe African People’s Union
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Patriotic Front representedBy Zimbabwe African People’s Union – Patriotic Front
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Patriotic Front successor ZAPU (as separate party after independence)
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History of Zimbabwe hasKeyActor ZAPU
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ZAPU fullName Zimbabwe African People’s Union
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ZAPU abbreviation ZAPU
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Abel Muzorewa opposedBy ZAPU
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Johanna MaFuyana Nkomo movement Zimbabwean nationalist movement
linked to: ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People’s Union)