The All-African Trade Union Federation (AATUF) was a

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organisation, formed in November 1959 on the initiative of president

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. The secretary of AATUF was Amadou N'diaye. The assistant secretary general was

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.Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963: The African American Factor By Jim C. Harper. Routledge; 1 edition (September 10, 2012) In 1973 AATUF was replaced by the

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(OATUU).

Bibliography

* Agyeman, Opoku, ''The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation'', .

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