Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe

Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe ( FROLIZI ) ƙungiya ce ta 'yan kishin ƙasa ta nahiyar Afirka da aka kafa domin adawa da gwamnatin tsirarun fararen fata na Rhodesia. An ba da sanarwar a Lusaka, Zambia a watan Oktoba 1971 a matsayin haɗewar manyan ɓangarori biyu na Afirka masu kishin ƙasa a Rhodesia, ƙungiyar Jama'ar Afirka ta Zimbabwe (ZAPU) da ƙungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta Zimbabwe (ZANU). To sai dai kuma a hakikanin gaskiya ƙungiyar ta ZAPU da ZANU ce ta ɓalle, waɗanda ‘yan ƙungiyoyin biyu suka kafa waɗanda suka rasa nasaba da rigingimun da ƙungiyoyin da ke hamayya da su ke yi a cikin gida da waje.  Mallakar da 'yan kungiyar Zezuru, reshen mutanen Shona suka yi, ya haifar da zargin cewa ƙungiyar ta ƙabilanci ce kawai da kuma ba'a a matsayin "Gaba ga Haɗin Kan Zezuru Intellectuals". 

Ƙungiyar ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga haɗin kan ƙasa a cikin daftarin kundin tsarin mulkinta tare da fitar da rarrabuwar kawuna na ZANU da ZAPU, wadanda suka yi wa tasiri wajen yakar gwamnatin Rhodesia.  Kamar yadda kundin tsarin mulkin ƙasar ya ce.

Shugabannin farko na FROLIZI su ne Skilkom Siwela da Godfrey Savanhu; Rahotanni sun ce an yi shirin naɗa Robert Mugabe na jam’iyyar ZANU a matsayin wanda ake ganin zai jagoranci “haɗin kai”, amma hakan bai samu ba saboda gazawar wani shiri da aka yi niyyar kawowa. Shugabancin FROLIZI ya yaɗa wata takarda ta karya yana mai cewa shugaban ZAPU Joshua Nkomo da shugaban ZANU Ndabaningi Sithole sun amince su marawa Mugabe baya a matsayin shugaban FOLIZI, wanda zai haɗa duka biyun ZANU da ZAPU. Duk da haka, Sithole ya sami labarin makircin kuma ya watsa wasiƙar da ke yin Allah wadai da FOLIZI, and ZAPU's Deputy National Secretary dismissed FROLIZI as "a haven of refuge for political rejects".  da Mataimakin Sakatare na Ƙasa na ZAPU ya kori FROLIZI a matsayin "wurin fakewa ga waɗanda suka ƙi siyasa".  Mugabe ya ci gaba da zama a ZANU kuma daga ƙarshe ya yi nasarar kwace ikon kungiyar a shekarar 1975.

James Chikerema da George Nyandoro da Nathan Shamuyarira sun kori Siwela da Savanhu a shekarar 1972. Duk da yake FROLIZI bai sami nasarar kafa kasancewarsa a Rhodesia ba, ya nemi yin kawance da Majalisar Kasa ta Afirka. Tana da 'yan kaɗan kuma ba ta da wata ƙungiya mai ɗauke da makamai ta kanta,  ko da yake an ba da rahoton cewa 'yan bindiga sun kutsa kan iyakar Zambia a yankin arewacin Karoi na Rhodesia kuma sun kai hari a wata gona ta fararen fata a shekarar 1972.Africa: The Adelphi Papers, Volume I, p. 20    Ta samu gagarumin goyon bayan waje na ɗan wani lokaci amma ta ruguje a shekarar 1973 bayan da kwamitin 'yanci na kungiyar haɗin kan Afirka ya amince da shi don goyon bayan sauran manyan kungiyoyin 'yantar da 'yantar da Zimbabwe biyu.  Mambobin kungiyar sun tafi ZANU ne bayan rasuwar FOLIZI. 

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