Azanian People's Organization
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Azanian People's Organisation
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| President | Strike Thokoane |
| Chairperson | Zithulele Nyangana Absalom Cindi |
| Secretary-General | Zithulele Nyangana Cindi |
| Honourary President | Mosibudi Mangena |
| Founder | Stephen Biko, Onkgopotse Tiro, Mthuli ka Shezi, Mapetla Mohapi and others. |
| Founded | 28 April 1978 |
| Merger of | BCMA in exile and Azapo inside South Africa |
| Preceded by | Black People's Convention |
| Headquarters | Suite 702, Nedbank Building, 145 Smal Street, Johannesburg |
| Student wing | Azanian Students' Convention |
| Youth wing | Azanian Youth Organisation |
| Women's wing | Imbeleko Women's Organisation |
| Liberation Army |
Azanian National Liberation Army (formerly) |
| Student Wing for High School Students | Azanian Students' Movement |
| Ideology |
Socialism Communism Black Consciousness |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Colours | Black, Red, and Orange |
| Slogan | The People's Movement" |
| National Assembly seats |
0 / 400
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The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is a South African political party. The organisation's two student wings are the Azanian Students' Movement (AZASM) for high school learners and the other being for tertiary students called the Azanian Students' Convention (AZASCO), its women's wing is Imbeleko Women's Organisation, simply known as IMBELEKO. Its inspiration is drawn from the Black Consciousness Movement philosophies developed by Steve Biko, Onkgopotse Tiro and Vuyelwa Mashalaba, as well as Marxist Scientific Socialism.
It was founded in 1978 out of three organisations: the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Black Community Programmes (BCP). These were three of the 17 black consciousness organisations that were banned on Wednesday, 19 October 1977 for their role in the armed resistance and the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprisings. A year after the formation of AZAPO, in September 1979, at its conference in Roodepoort, the national executive was formed with Curtis Nkondo as its president. During 1987, AZAPO was banned by the South African government and forced underground and into exile. It would be unbanned in 1990. In October 1994, AZAPO merged with its sister organisation in exile, the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA).
AZAPO campaigned for the isolation of South Africa during its apartheid years by waging a so-called "cultural boycott" in the country; black people increasingly regained their resolve to fight for their rights and formed trade unions and civic organisations.
The armed wing of AZAPO was the Azanian National Liberation Army (AZANLA) which received support and military training in China, Libya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Eritrea. There was an agreement with Iraq to train AZANLA combantants but that was thwarted by the First Gulf War in 1990. During the 1980s, it was engaged in a bloody internecine feud with the ANC.
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