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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.

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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