Institution

OAU Liberation Committee

1963–1994 · 20th century · Also known as African Liberation Committee, Liberation Committee of the Organisation of African Unity

The OAU Liberation Committee was the body set up by the Organisation of African Unity at its founding in 1963 to coordinate and fund the liberation movements fighting colonial and white-minority rule in Africa. Based in Dar es Salaam, it supported movements in Mozambique, Angola, Rhodesia, Namibia and South Africa, and was dissolved in 1994 after South Africa's first democratic elections.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). OAU Liberation Committee. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oau-liberation-committee
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