The African Popular Movement (in
French: ''Mouvement Populaire Africain'') was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Upper Volta, led by
Nazi Boni
Nazi Boni (December 31, 1909, in Bwan, Upper Senegal and Niger – May 16, 1969, in Kokologho, Upper Volta) was a politician from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). In 1948 Boni was elected to the French National Assembly on behalf of the Voltaic ...
. MPA was founded in 1955 following a split in the
Voltaic Union
Voltaic Union (french: Union Voltaïque) was a political party in Upper Volta. It was formed soon after World War II on the initiative of the French governor Albert Mouragues, and Mouragues was accused of interference in the June 1948 local ele ...
.
In the
1957 Territorial Assembly elections MPA won five seats. After the elections MPA joined the
Voltaic Solidarity (SV) grouping.
In 1957 MPA joined the
African Convention of
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80).
Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...
.
In 1958 MPA, along with the rest of CA, merged into the
African Regroupment Party (PRA).
Source: Englebert, Pierre. ''La Revolution Burkinabè''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
1955 establishments in French Upper Volta
1958 disestablishments in French West Africa
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso
Political parties disestablished in 1958
Political parties established in 1955
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