African Autonomist Movement (in
French
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: ''Mouvement Autonomiste Africain''; MAA) was a
political party in
French West Africa
French West Africa (french: Afrique-Occidentale française, ) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burki ...
, led by
Amadou Bâ (1892–1967). It was formed in
Dakar, Senegal, on 17 August 1946, after the fall of the
Vichy regime, but did not last long.
Later in 1946, the
Mouvement Nationaliste Africain and the MAA formed an alliance with the
Parti Socialiste Sénégalais, under the name "Bloc Africain". In September 1947, the
Bloc Démocratique Sénégalais was formed, which united three other movements.
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African and Black nationalist parties in Africa
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