How far did the establishment of the Congress of the People Campaign and the Freedom Charter mark a turning point in the progress of Black African Nationalism in South Africa?

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How far did the establishment of the Congress of the People Campaign and the Freedom Charter mark a turning point in the progress of Black African Nationalism in South Africa?

Black African nationalism is defined as sovereignty for Black Africans, independence from outside powers, emphasis of Black African culture and pride and finally equal rights for Black Africans.

The establishment of the Congress of the People Campaign marked a turning point in Black African nationalism because the different forms of nationalism aligned as one Anti-Apartheid force. Black Africans campaigned on their own in the struggle to achieve nationalism because they wanted sovereignty, independence, equal rights and cultural pride. However with the Congress of the People campaign the different anti-apartheid forces united and membership to the new joint nationalist movement became open to all people irrespective of sex, race or gender. The Campaign unified most of the liberation forces and transformed them into a non-racial Anti-Apartheid force called the Congress Alliance. With this new found unity, the new movement was better equipped in future battles against apartheid because it introduced ideological uniformity within the liberation movement in turn minimizing disputes within members of the alliance. In general, the