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The Namibia African People's Democratic Organisation (NAPDO) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
, based amongst the Damara people. It was founded in 1970. In 1972 NAPDO joined the
National Convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year Nationa ...
(NC, later NNC). In 1976 NAPDO left the Namibia National Convention, and merged with the
South West Africa People's Organisation The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...
(SWAPO).
A History of Resistance in Namibia, Page 99, Peter H. Katjavivi,


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Defunct political parties in Namibia Political parties established in 1970 1970 establishments in South West Africa {{Namibia-party-stub