Washington Malianga (21 June 1926 – 22 June 2014) is one of several leaders of the
Zimbabwe African People's Union who left ZAPU in 1963 and founded the
Zimbabwe African National Union. ZAPU leader
Joshua Nkomo suspended their membership due to their opposition to his continued leadership. The other leaders were
Ndabaningi Sithole
Ndabaningi Sithole (21 July 1920 – 12 December 2000) founded the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), a militant organisation that opposed the government of Rhodesia, in July 1963.Veenhoven, Willem Adriaan, Ewing, and Winifred Crum. ''Cas ...
,
Robert Mugabe, and
Leopold Takawira
Leopold Takawira (1916–1970) served as the vice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union after supporting the National Democratic Party (NDP) and later the Zimbabwe African People's Union. Takawira was also known by his totem as 'Shum ...
.
[Robert Cary and ]Diana Mitchell
Diana Mary Mitchell (née Coates; 16 November 1932 – 8 January 2016) was a Zimbabwean political activist and writer, who was an outspoken critic of the governments of Ian Smith and Robert Mugabe.
Biography
Mitchell was born in Salisbury, the c ...
. ''African Nationalist Leaders in Rhodesia Who's who'', 1977. Page 101. He served as Party Secretary.
[White, Luise. ''The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo: Texts and Politics in Zimbabwe'', 2003. Page 76.]
Malianga was born at the
Old Umtali Mission in 1926.
In 1973 he lost his bid to be re-elected as Party Secretary.
He died in
Harare on 22 June 2014, one day after his 88th birthday.
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References
1926 births
Rhodesian politicians
Zimbabwean politicians
2014 deaths
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