African Independence Party (in French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') was a
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Thiès
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in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often keeping the name PAI.
PAI was the first party in AOF to unequivocally demand independence from French rule.Chafer, Tony. ''The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization?''.
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In Senegal PAI was banned on August 1, 1960.
In Senegal the following parties trace/traced their origin back to PAI:
* Party of Independence and Work (PIT, technically the original PAI)
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African Independence Party-Renewal
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(legally registered as PAI)
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Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party
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Senegalese Communist Party
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Burkina Faso
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PAI was established in 1963. PAI attained importance through its mass front
Patriotic League for Development
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African Independence Party (Touré)
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, legally recognized as PAI
List of founders of PAI
* Madame Basse
* M. Basse
* Coupet Camara
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Seydou Cissokho
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Cissokho was born at Bakel. His father worked as a blacksmith. The young Cissokho became a school teacher. He finished his secondary education in 1949. ...
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Adama Diagne
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Abdou Moumouni
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* Abdoulaye Ndiaye
* Samba Ndiaye
* Samba
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Khalilou Sall
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He studied at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse and at the ESME-Sudria in Paris, and ...
* Ousmane Santara
* Bacirou Sarr
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Moussé Guèye Seck
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Sékou Touré
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