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The Muslim Association Party (MAP) was a political party in the
Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...
, active from 1954 to 1957. The MAP grew out of the Gold Coast Muslim Association, which was established as a welfare and social association in 1932. Involved in politics by the early 1950s, it became the Muslim Association Party in 1954. Most of its leaders opposed the ruling
Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...
, and the MAP was one of the parties which merged in 1957 to join the United Party.


Further reading

*Allman, Jean Marie, "Hewers of Wood, Carriers of Water": Islam, Class, and Politics on the Eve of Ghana's Independence, African Studies Review, 34: 2 (September 1991), pp. 1-26 *Balogun, S. U., Muslim participation in the independence struggle of the Gold Coast, ''Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs'', Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 1987), pp. 176-182


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{{Ghana-party-stub Political parties established in 1954 Political parties disestablished in 1957 Defunct political parties in Ghana Islam in Ghana 1954 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)