Inkatha
/ɪnˈkɑːtə/(全称Inkatha Freedom Party)(缩略词:IFP)
- a mainly Zulu political party and organization in South Africa, founded in 1928 and revived in 1975 by Chief Buthelezi. It has a professed aim of racial equality and universal franchise in South Africa, but progress towards political reform was obstructed by violent clashes between Inkatha factions and members of the rival ANC.因卡塔(主要由祖鲁人组成的南非政党组织, 成立于1928年, 1975年由布特莱齐酋长复兴; 其公开目标为争取南非种族平等和普选权, 但其政治改革进程因党内各派别和其对手非洲人国民大会党成员间的激烈冲突而受阻)。
词源
from Zulu inkhata 'crown of woven grass', a tribal emblem symbolizing the force unifying the Zulu nation.