GEORGE SILUNDIKA — The Voice of ZAPU | The Life of Nkomo's Spokesman (Documentary)

For eighteen years he spoke for ZAPU from exile. He lived to see Zimbabwe born, and served it for less than a year. 🔔 Subscribe to Upright Films for more documentaries:    / @uprightfilmsafrica   From a Catholic mission near Plumtree to Fort Hare, the founding of the NDP and ZAPU, eighteen years of exile in Lusaka, the Chikerema split, Geneva and Lancaster House, this is the story of George 'TG' Silundika, ZAPU's information chief and Zimbabwe's first Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, the first cabinet minister to die after independence. The film opens on his own voice, from a filmed interview in 1978. Every claim is sourced and dated; his own claims are labelled as his account. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 1:49 Part One — The Mission Boy 3:47 Part Two — The Student Rebel 5:52 Part Three — The New Party 8:09 Part Four — Banned 9:59 Part Five — Lusaka 12:32 Part Six — The Split 14:49 Part Seven — The Voice In Exile 17:02 Part Eight — One Umbrella 19:17 Part Nine — Geneva And The War 21:56 Part Ten — Lancaster House 24:21 Part Eleven — The Minister 27:29 Part Twelve — The Name On The Street 30:11 Credits KEY FACTS • Born near Plumtree in March 1929 into a Kalanga family • Expelled from Fort Hare for political activism in 1952 • Secretary General of the National Democratic Party, 1960 • ZAPU's publicity and information secretary in exile in Lusaka from 1963 • A Patriotic Front delegate at Geneva (1976) and Lancaster House (1979) • Minister of Posts and Telecommunications from April 1980; died 9 April 1981 and buried at Heroes Acre SOURCES The Herald (10 April 1981 and later) · Liberation Support Movement interview (1972, publ. 1974) · Cary & Mitchell, African Nationalist Leaders in Rhodesia: Who's Who · South African History Archive (Zenzo Nkobi collection) · Christian Science Monitor · CITE · TG Silundika Cultural Community Centre · Pindula · Wikipedia ARCHIVE FOOTAGE (excerpts for criticism, review and education) 1978 interview: Chronicle Zim TV, courtesy of the Silundika Family Foundation Joshua Nkomo at the graveside, April 1981: ZAPU Official upload Felix Silundika interview: CITE, The Breakfast Club (2019) · Abraham Nkiwane: Joe Modise Foundation (2021) James Chikerema 1977: Arquivo Nacional (Brazil) · Non-Aligned summit 1976: Sri Lanka Government Film Unit (via YouTube) Home movies: Alan Forsyth (Highfield 1956), t43562 (Salisbury 1961), Manmohan Joshi (Lusaka 1964-68), Peter Gill (Bulawayo 1978), SUPER8 WORLD TOUR, FoundVintage8mm, MrCanuck321 Today: TGS Cultural Community Centre, Matabeleland Broadcasting Corporation, OffGrid Africa, Chronicle TV, The Sunday Mail, Zwangendaba Productions and other Zimbabwean creators (credited by channel) Photographs: Wikimedia Commons / Nationaal Archief (CC0) contributors PHOTOGRAPHS: 136 images from Wikimedia Commons — 100 attribution-licensed (credited below) and 36 CC0 / public domain. Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). PHOTO CREDITS (Wikimedia Commons, by licence) CC BY-SA 4.0: Achitate · Alex Mukuka · Basil Roberts (1935–2003) · BLimid · Duke Makangila · Edwardx · Emehfbd · Flagmanbruce · Franciscus3668 · Gerd Eichmann · Hsq7278 · Jaisondlovu · LittleT889 · Lupali · MaltaGC (Nigel Tout) · Matthew Grollnek · Mompati Dikunwane · Mondoka Zambia · Njabulo19 · Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans · Pittaway · Revention24 · Senzeni1 · Siphetha · Slippery slope302 · Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993) · Vysotsky CC BY-SA 3.0: Cliftonian · Colin Weyer, photographer · Dr. Ferdinand Groeger · Fys at English Wikipedia · Ggwallace1954 · Graham Maclachlan · Icem4k · JackyR · Jürgen Kehrberger · Kounosu · Lysippos · Map cropped from Africa_map_no_countries.svg: *Africa_map_blank.svg: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Labels, arrows added by: Cliftonian (talk · contribs)) · Paramente Phamotse · Peter Bagshawe · stone wu · Suesen · The Oriccle · unknown CC BY-SA 2.0: Jerry "Woody" CC BY 4.0: JuliaC2006 · Trappisten Mission Mariannhill CC BY 3.0: Frank C. Papé · Frans-Banja Mulder · Robin Wright CC BY 2.5: The original uploader was Beneaththelandslide at English Wikipedia. CC BY 2.0: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy · Financial Times · Gary Bembridge from London, UK · K. Kendall · Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · Tips For Travellers · United States Mission Geneva Attribution: Morné van Rooyen Narration: AI voice (Kokoro text-to-speech). Music: the Upright Films house soundtrack, an original roots-reggae instrumental (Upright Films / Google Flow Music). Produced by Upright Films. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications:    / @uprightfilmsafrica   #GeorgeSilundika #ZAPU #Zimbabwe #Documentary #UprightFilms #JoshuaNkomo