African Convention

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African Convention
Convention Africaine
PresidentLéopold Sédar Senghor
General SecretaryAlexandre Adandé
Founded11 January 1957
Dissolved26 March 1958
Merged intoPRA

African Convention (French: Convention Africaine, CA) was a political party in

Zodi Ikhia
in Niger.

In the 1957 territorial assembly elections, CA member parties won 96 seats. CA won in Senegal, and gained presence in three other assemblies.[1]

In March 1958 the African Convention and the African Socialist Movement (MSA) merged to form the African Regroupment Party (PRA).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chafer, Tony. The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization?. Oxford: Berg, 2002. p. 210
  • Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940–1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.