Pan-Africanist Congress

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a South African liberation movement founded in 1959, now a political party known as the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania. Abbreviation: PAC

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Despite the Pan-Africanist Congress' cries for "Africa for Africans" the ANC chanted alongside white communists, "South Africa belongs to all who live in it." How could it be for all who live in it if a settler minority was killing Africans, continuing a centuries-long history of making the continent bleed?

The Dangers of Liberalism: A Short Reflection on the African National Congress in South Africa

That same year, the people's organisations, in the form of the African National Congress and Pan-Africanist Congress were banned.

Cry, the Beloved Country revisited

The 1960s saw one of the first turning points in the anti-apartheid movement when protests at Sharpeville resulted in 69 deaths, the majority of the dead having been shot in the back; this was followed by the declaration of a state of emergency, the detention of over 11,000 people, and the banning of the ANC and the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC).

David Welsh. The Rise and Fall of Apartheid

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