Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: AZAPO yakaumbwa kubva kumasangano akakurumbira ekuziva vatema anoti, Black People's Convention (BPC), South African Students' Organisation (SASO) uye Black Community Programmes (BCP). Aya akanga ari matatu emasangano 17 ehana yevatema akarambidzwa musi weChitatu, 19 October 1977 nokuda kwebasa rawo muna 16 June 1976
Kumukira kweSoweto. Gore rimwe mushure mekugadzirwa kweAZAPO, munaGunyana 1979, pamusangano wayo muRoodepoort, hurumende yenyika yakaumbwa naCurtis Nkondo semutungamiri wayo. Mukati ma1987, AZAPO yakarambidzwa nehurumende yeSouth Africa uye yakamanikidzwa kuenda pasi pevhu ndokupinda muutapwa. Yaizobviswa murambidzo muna 1990. Muna Gumiguru 1994, AZAPO yakabatanidzwa nesangano rehanzvadzi yaro riri kutapwa, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA).