South West Africa People's Organization

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liberation movement political party

The South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) is a Namibian political movement and former liberation group that led the struggle for independence from South African rule and later became the country’s dominant governing party.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Namibian independence movement 3
SWAPO 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liberation movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviationOf South West Africa People's Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedWing People's Liberation Army of Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
becameRulingPartyOf Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
becameRulingPartyYear 1990 ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantSince 1990 ⓘ
firstPresidentOfParty Sam Nujoma GENERATED ⓘ
flag SWAPO flag NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded 1960 ⓘ
foundedIn South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windhoek NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs Republic of Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWomenWing SWAPO Party Women’s Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasYouthWing SWAPO Party Youth League NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Windhoek NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
influencedConstitutionOf Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ledStruggleAgainst South African rule in Namibia ⓘ
ledStruggleFor Namibian independence ⓘ
legalStatusDuringApartheid banned organization in South Africa ⓘ
notableLeader Hage Geingob NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hifikepunye Pohamba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Nujoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInExileFrom Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African government NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn Namibian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatesIn Namibian National Assembly elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
predecessor Ovamboland People's Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySupportBase Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs sole legitimate representative of the Namibian people ⓘ
recognizedAsYear 1973 ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInIndependence principal liberation movement in Namibian War of Independence ⓘ
shortName SWAPO NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frontline States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
transitionedFrom liberation movement to political party ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South African Border War → mainBelligerent → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
Hage Geingob → memberOfPoliticalParty → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: SWAPO
Hage Geingob → participantIn → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Namibian independence movement
Sam Nujoma → founderOf → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: SWAPO
Sam Nujoma → memberOf → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: SWAPO
Sam Nujoma → movement → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Namibian independence movement
Hendrik Witbooi → influenced → South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Namibian independence movement