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City Youth League
President James Chikerema
Founder James Chikerema
Dunduzu Chisiza
George Nyandoro
Edson Sithole
FoundedAugust 1955
Dissolved12 September 1957
Succeeded by Southern Rhodesia African National Congress
Ideology Anti-racism
Black nationalism
Anti-colonialism
Political position Left-wing
Continental affiliation African National Congress

The City Youth League, later known as the African Youth League, is a defunct organization that participated in nonviolent resistance against the government in Rhodesia from its founding in August 1955 until it merged with the old SRANC on September 12, 1957, becoming the new Southern Rhodesia African National Congress. [1]

The CYL was founded by James Chikerema, Dunduzu Chisiza, George Nyandoro, and Edson Sithole. [1]

Chikerema served as President and Nyandoro as Vice President. [1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Sibanda, Eliakim M. The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia, 2004. Page 34.