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Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until it merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to ...
Zimbabwe African People’s Union. Joshua Nkomo (born June 19, 1917, Semokwe Reserve, Matabeleland, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]—died July 1, 1999, Harare, Zimbabwe) was a Black nationalist in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), who, as leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), was Prime Minister and then President Robert Mugabe ’s ...
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Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (June 19, 1917 – July 1, 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union from the Ndebele tribe. He was affectionately known in Zimbabwe as Father Zimbabwe, Umdala Wethu, Umafukufuku, or Chibwechitedza ("the slippery rock") and is widely recognized as the first black leader in what became Zimbabwe.
Jul 1, 2023 · Born in 1917, Joshua Nkomo hailed from humble beginnings. The son of a teacher and preacher for the London Missionary School, he worked as a carpenter in his youth to finance his education in ...
Jul 2, 2013 · Lest We Forget News Politics. By Nehanda Radio On Jul 2, 2013 2,246. Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917–1 July 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union ...
May 29, 2018 · Nkomo, Joshua (1917–99) Zimbabwean statesman, vice-president (1990–99). In 1961, he became leader of ZAPU. In 1976, Nkomo and Robert Mugabe formed the Patriotic Front in opposition to Ian Smith's white-minority government in Rhodesia. In 1982, he was dismissed from Mugabe's government, but returned in 1988.
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Aug 18, 2017 · Introduction. Joshua Nkomo was one of the dominant forces in the anti-colonial independence movements in colonial Zimbabwe between 1949 and 1980, and then a major political figure in independent Zimbabwe from 1980 until his death in 1999. Nkomo’s fame survived his electoral defeat in 1980.
