Tanganyika African Association
Tanganyika African Association | |
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Founded | 1929 |
Dissolved | July 1954 |
Preceded by | Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service association |
Succeeded by | Tanganyika African National Union |
Headquarters | Tanganyika Territory |
Ideology | African nationalism |
Politics of Tanzania Political parties Elections |
The Tanganyika African Association (TAA) was a Tanganyika Territory political association, formed in 1929.[1] It was founded by civil servants including Ali Saidi, members of an earlier association called the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service association.[2][3] It was transformed into the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) in 1954 by Julius Nyerere.[4]
References
- ↑ Stock, Robert F. (2004). Africa south of the Sahara: a geographical interpretation. Guilford Press. p. 439. ISBN 1-57230-868-0.
- ↑ Burton, Andrew (2005). African underclass: urbanisation, crime & colonial order in Dar es Salaam. James Currey Publishers. p. 60. ISBN 0-85255-975-5.
- ↑ Ndembwike, John (2006). Tanzania: The Land and Its People. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 18. ISBN 0-9802534-4-6.
- ↑ Osabu-Kle, Daniel Tetteh (2000). Compatible cultural democracy: the key to development in Africa. University of Toronto Press. p. 167. ISBN 1-55111-289-2.
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