Basutoland Congress Party - Wikipedia
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) in 1957 and retained this name after independence in 1966, stating that Lesotho was not truly ...
Basotho Congress Party | political party, Lesotho | Britannica
…1952 Ntsu Mokhehle formed the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP), modeled on the ANC. In 1958 Chief Leabua Jonathan, who was to become Lesotho’s first prime minister, founded the conservative Basutoland National Party (BNP), with the support of the South African government, the powerful Roman Catholic church, and the queen regent.…
Basutoland Congress Party - Wikiwand
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. Quick Facts Founded, Ideology ... The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo.
HISTORY OF LESOTHO | Historyworld
During the 1950s, with internal self-government in prospect, two political parties are formed - the left-wing Basutoland Congress Party and the more traditional Basutoland National Party, headed by Chief Leabua Jonathan. The BNP defeats the BCP by a narrow margin in the region's first elections, in 1965.
Political parties - Lesotho - power
The Basotho Congress Party (BCP), founded in 1952 and formerly known as the Basutoland African Congress, is an outspoken Pan-Africanist party. The first party to demand independence, it subsequently opposed the "premature" granting of independence to a minority government. The third major party is the Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP).
The Basutoland Congress Party in Exile: 1974–1986
2012年11月23日 · It demonstrates that Botswana hosted a whole political party in the form of the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP). Members of this party and others from Lesotho were refugees from Prime Minister Chief Leabua Jonathan's repressive rule in Lesotho from 1974 to 1986.
Lesotho and the struggle for Azania - Open Library
2024年7月25日 · Lesotho and the struggle for Azania: Africanist political movements in Lesotho and Azania : the origins and history of the Basutoland Congress Party and the Pan Africanist Congress
The Basutoland Congress Party in Exile: 1974–1986
2012年11月1日 · It demonstrates that Botswana hosted a whole political party in the form of the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP). Members of this party and others from Lesotho were refugees from Prime...
A lack of intra-party democracy within major parties in Lesotho has produced undesirable consequences for both the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) and the Basutoland National Party (BNP). The Basutoland Congress Party has, since its inception in 1952, always been riddled with protracted internal power struggles.
Basutoland Congress Party - Detailed Pedia
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) in 1957 and retained this name after independence in 1966, stating that Lesotho was not truly ...