The land and its people -- Gestation stage: Zapu reincarnation: Sranc and Ndp -- The founding of Zapu, leadership, split and struggle, 1961-69 -- Evaluation, introspection, and re-organization : Zapu looks on its inside, 1960-71 -- The storm and then spears turned into plowshares : Zapu goes on military and then peace offensive, 1972-79 -- The best and the worst of times: Zapu post-independence to the time of its demise, 1980-87.