The Patriotic Front in Zimbabwe was a coalition of two African Leadership parties: the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU)[ 1] Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)[ 2] white minority rule in Rhodesia .
In 1980 elections ZAPU contested as Patriotic Front whereas ZANU contested as ZANU-Patriotic Front.[citation needed
In 1988 the ruling ZANU absorbed ZAPU to become Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) for good.[citation needed
See also
References
^ Sibanda, Eliakim M. (2005). The Zimbabwe African People's Union 1961–87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia . Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-59221-275-0 ^ Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. (2009). Do 'Zimbabweans' Exist? ISBN 9783039119417 . Retrieved 7 August 2013 .
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