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3 unusual facts about Pan Africanist Congress of Azania


History of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

This article covers the history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, once a South African liberation movement and now a minor political party.

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

People gathered in Sharpeville and Langa and Sobukwe and other top leaders were arrested and later convicted for incitement.

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The PAC was formally launched on 6 April 1959 at Orlando Communal Hall in Soweto.


Programme to Combat Racism

It funded a number of liberation movements while those groups were involved in violent struggle, including UNITA and the MPLA in Angola; FRELIMO in Mozambique; SWAPO in South West Africa/Namibia; the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; and the ANC and Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa.


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