City Youth League

City Youth League
City Youth League
President	James Chikerema
Founder	James Chikerema; Dunduzu Chisiza; George Nyandoro; Edson Sithole
Founded	August 1955
Dissolved	12 September 1957
Succeeded by	Southern Rhodesia African National Congress
Ideology	Anti-racism; Black nationalism; Anti-colonialism
Political position	Left-wing
Continental affiliation	African National Congress
	Politics of Zimbabwe; Political parties; Elections;

The City Youth League, later known as the African Youth League, is a defunct organization that participated in nonviolent resistance against the government in Rhodesia from its founding in August 1955 until it merged with the old SRANC on September 12, 1957, becoming the new Southern Rhodesia African National Congress.^[1]

The CYL was founded by James Chikerema, Dunduzu Chisiza, George Nyandoro, and Edson Sithole.^[1]

Chikerema served as President and Nyandoro as Vice President.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Sibanda, Eliakim M. The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia, 2004. Page 34.

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[activities-1] Sibanda, Eliakim M. The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia, 2004. Page 34.

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