Muslim Association Party
The Muslim Association Party (MAP) was a political party in Ghana.
It was founded in the independence process of the then British colony of the Gold Coast in 1954 as an opposition party to the Convention People's Party (CPP ) of Kwame Nkrumah with a regional focus in the north of present-day Ghana.
Establishment and political orientation
The MAP was created in 1954 from the Gold Coast Muslim Association, which in turn lead since the 1930s was. As already indicated, the naming followed the MAP essentially represents the interests of people living in the north of present-day Ghana religious minority of Muslims. The MAP can be attributed to the political aspect of the Northern Peoples' Party (NPP ). Both parties were founded during the integration of the northern regions in the Gold Coast colony, especially as the educated elite and the elite of the Northern tribes feared addition to the total population to lose from the political alliance with the southern Akan - dominated regions of influence.
Election results
The MAP could each win one of 104 seats in the Assembly, both in the elections to the Legislative Assembly ( Legislative Assembley ) on 15 June 1954 and in the elections on 17 July 1956. Clear election winner was the Convention People's Party (CPP )
After independence in 1957
Soon after the independence of Ghana on March 6, 1957, a law to prevent discrimination ( avoidence of Discrimination Act 1957, CA 38 ) was adopted to operate the then Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah and later president of Ghana. This law prohibiting any group with an orientation based on ethnic, religious, regional or similar purposes with effect from 31 December 1957.
The full title of the Act was:
Law on the Prohibition of organizations that use propaganda to belonging to a tribe, a region, a race or a religion or use to the detriment of a community or to the election of persons because of their membership in a tribe, region or religion or similar securing purposes. (English: An Act to prohibit Organizations using or engaging in tribal, regional, racial and religious propaganda of to the detriment of any community, or Securing the election of persons on account of Their tribal, regional or religious affiliations and for other purpuse connected there with. )
The Muslim Association was due to the significant relation with the Islam and also due to the alignment of interests only to the northern regions of present-day Ghana under the law and has been virtually overnight in an illegal group, although she was represented in Parliament since your election in 1954. Were affected, among other things, the parties Anlo Youth Association, Togoland Congress, the Northern Peoples' Party and other organizations as well as Ga Shifimo Kpee.
MAP - United Party
To go to a party ban out of the way, various parties joined together early in 1958 to the United Party (Ghana). The UP was composed of the following parties and groups:
- National Liberation Movement (NLM )
- Anlo Youth Association ( AYA )
- Togoland Congress ( TC)
- Northern Peoples' Party
- Muslim Association Party
- Ga Shifimo Kpee
With the founding of UP no longer existed officially the MAP. In addition to the successor party to the United Party was in Ghana, only the party Nkrumah, the Convention People's Party (CPP ) from 1958.