Nkomo

[ uhn-koh-moh, uhng-koh- ]

noun

1. Joshua Mqua·bu·ko Nyon·go·lo [uh, m-kwah-, boo, -koh nyong-, goh, -loh], 1917–1999, African nationalist and political leader in Zimbabwe.

Nkomo

/ əŋˈkəʊməʊ /

noun

1. NkomoJoshua19171999MZimbabweanPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Joshua. 1917–99, Zimbabwean politician; coleader, with Robert Mugabe, of the Patriotic Front (1976–80) against the government of Ian Smith in Rhodesia; minister (1980–82; 1988–99) and vice-president (1990–96).

Example Sentences

He was in charge of internal security in the mid-1980s when Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained brigade against rebels loyal to his rival Joshua Nkomo.

From Reuters

Despite his money-raising role, Mr Mnangagwa, a lawyer who grew up in Zambia, has a fearsome reputation that was cemented after independence during the civil war that broke out in the 1980s between Mr Mugabe's Zanu party and the Zapu party of Joshua Nkomo.

From BBC

Mnangagwa, trained as a communist guerrilla in China in the 1960s, was in charge of internal security in the mid-1980s when Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained brigade against rebels loyal to his rival Joshua Nkomo.

From Reuters

"I can confirm that she has been acquitted. As her lawyers we are grateful because she had not committed any offence in the first place," said lawyer Harrison Nkomo.

From Reuters

Having long favored Joshua Nkomo and his faction, he helped forge the Patriotic Front, an alliance in which Mr. Nkomo joined forces with those of his rival, Robert Mugabe.

From New York Times