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Tanganyika African Association

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Tanganyika African Association
Founded1929
DissolvedJuly 1954
Preceded byTanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association
Succeeded byTanganyika African National Union
HeadquartersTanganyika Territory
IdeologyAfrican nationalism

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 (founded by Martin Kayamba in 1922).[2][3] After World War II, TAA expanded countrywide in towns and in rural areas, and in 1948, the number of branches had increased to 39. It was transformed into the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) in 1954 by Julius Nyerere.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Stock, Robert F. (2004). Africa south of the Sahara: a geographical interpretation. Guilford Press. p. 439. ISBN 1-57230-868-0.
  2. ^ Burton, Andrew (2005). African underclass: urbanisation, crime & colonial order in Dar es Salaam. James Currey Publishers. p. 60. ISBN 0-85255-975-5.
  3. ^ Ndembwike, John (2006). Tanzania: The Land and Its People. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 18. ISBN 0-9802534-4-6.
  4. ^ 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.