The Zimbabwe African People's Union was a political party in Zimbabwe.
It was banned in 1962 by the Rhodesiancolonialgovernment, and was later engaged in a guerilla war against it. The armed wing of ZAPU was known as Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA).
In general ZAPU was a pro-Soviet orientation, whereas ZANU had a pro-Chinese orientation.
In 1980 it contested the first free elections in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, but lost its rival the ZANU. It merged into ZANU-PF in 1987.
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) was formed in December 1961 and led by Joshua Nkomo.
ZAPU's constituency was eventually reduced to the Ndebele minority, while ZANU gained wide support among the Shona ethnic group.
After much enmity and bitterness during most of the 1980s, ZAPU and ZANU finally agreed to merge in late 1987 under the name of ZANU-PF and the merger was consummated in December 1989.
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