Pan Africanist Congress Flashcards
When was the PAC formed?
1957
Who helped form the PAC?
Robert Sobukwe
Why did Sobukwe form the PAC?
He disagreed with the intergrationalist approach and was a firm supporter of Africanism.
What group did Robert Sobukwe part of before PAC?
ANCYL - African National Congress Youth League.
What did the PAC blame the failures of the ANC on?
Its willigness to work with other groups.
Why did the PAC reject the Freedom Charter?
Its emphasis on equal rights. Many within the PAC rejected equal rights for whites.
What did the PAC accuse the whites of doing?
Exploiting and oppressing black Africans.
How did the PAC view the whites?
The enemy who must be expelled from South Africa.
They believed that Africans could only act succesfully by themselves.
What was the fundamental difference between the ANC and PAC?
The Africanist Policy - the ANC insisted that all racial groups could participate in the struggle against apartheid.
Which area did the PAC gain most of their support?
Witwatersrand - many of its leaders were based their.
Did the PAC’s membership ever overtake the ANC?
Yes - it is estimated that by 1959, its membership overtook the ANC by as many as 25,000.
How did the PAC regard itself?
A rival to the ANC - they sought to pre-empt the ANC in the leadership of anit-apartheid activities.
