Burundi Workers' Party (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi: Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.
Burundi Workers' Party Parti des travailleurs du Burundi Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Salvator Buyagu Cyprien Ntaryamira Melchior Ndadaye Jérôme Ndiho Festus Ntanyungu Jean Ndikumana Sylvestre Ntibantunganya |
| Founded | December 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1986 |
| Succeeded by | Front for Democracy in Burundi |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Hutu interests |
| Political position | Far-left |
The party was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and several others.[1]
When UBU was disbanded, followers of Ndadaye regrouped into the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU).
References
edit- ^ Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.
Sources
edit- Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. 2nd ed. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-8108-3261-5)
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