Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
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- ANC Youth League
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Founded in 1944 by Nelson Mandela, Anton Lembede, Walter Sisulu, A. P. Mda and Oliver Tambo as a reaction to the ANC’s more conservative outlook. Its activities included civil disobedience and strikes in protest against the apartheid system. Many members left and formed the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) in 1959. Banned between 1960 and 1990.
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Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-04207
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Status
Draft