African Convention (French: Convention Africaine, CA) was a political party in French West Africa, originally formed at a meeting in Dakar on 11 January 1957. The CA consisted of the Senegalese Popular Bloc (BPS) of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the African Popular Movement of Nazi Boni in Upper Volta, and the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) of Zodi Ikhia in Niger.
African Convention Convention Africaine | |
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President | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
General Secretary | Alexandre Adandé |
Founded | 11 January 1957 |
Dissolved | 26 March 1958 |
Merged into | PRA |
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
edit- Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940–1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.
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