A regional grouping which preceded the Organisation of African Unity. In 1958 East Africans seeking liberation founded the Pan African Freedom Movement for East and Central Africa. In 1962 it became the Pan African Freedom Movement for East Central and South Africa (PAFMECSA) when it broadened its scope to include Southern Africa. During that year Mandela addressed a PAFMECSA conference as he was visiting African countries to seek support for the ANC’s struggle.