HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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African Union
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Pan African Congress
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African National Congress
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -The African National Congress (ANC) has been the governing party of the Republic of South Africa since 1994. The ANC was founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein and is the oldest liberation movement in Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -An umbrella organization is the one which includes many institutions who together formulate the activites. ANC included many worker unions and the communist party therefore, it was an umbrella organization which fought against the practice of apartheid.
Detailed explanation-3: -The African National Congress (ANC) was the umbrella organisation that led the struggle against the policies of segregation. This included many workers’ unions and the Communist Party. Many sensitive whites also joined the ANC to oppose apartheid and played a leading role in this struggle.
Detailed explanation-4: -After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was freed in 1990 and negotiated with State President F. W. de Klerk the end of apartheid in South Africa, bringing peace to a racially divided country and leading the fight for human rights around the world.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.