African Socialist Movement

The African Socialist Movement ( French: Mouvement Socialiste Africaine, symbol: MSA) was a political party in the French overseas territories in Africa.

History

The African Socialist Movement was founded at a meeting of the African branch of the French Section of the Workers ' International ( SFIO ), which took place in Conakry 11 to 13 January 1957. The aim of the party's founding was a greater freedom to specifically African problems without completely cancel the bridges to the SFIO. Party Chairman of the MSA was Lamine Guèye from Senegal, Secretary-General Ibrahima Barry from Guinea and Deputy Secretary-General Djibo Bakary from Niger.

The inter- territorially organized MSA united several socialist-oriented member parties of the French overseas territories in Africa under one roof. The member parties included, among other things, the Parti Socialiste Démocrate ( PSD MSA) from Madagascar and the Comoros, the Parti Socialiste Camerounaise ( PSC MSA) from Cameroon, the Union Franco - Guinéenne ( UFG MSA) from Guinea, the Parti Sénégalais d ' Action Sociale ( PSAS MSA) from Senegal and a later Sawaba called fraction from Niger, the ( UDN ) and the Nigerien action block ( BNA) was formed by the merger of the Nigerien Democratic Union.

In March 1958, the MSA merged inter alia, the Convention Africaine to a new major party, the party of African composite ( PRA).