African Nationalist Movement (french: Mouvement Nationaliste Africain) 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

Pierre Diagne Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

. It was formed after the fall of the Vichy regime. In 1946, the Mouvement Nationaliste Africain and the

Mouvement Autonomiste Africain African Autonomist Movement (in French: ''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 territorie ...

(founded by

Amadou Bâ Amadou is a spongy material derived from '' Fomes fomentarius'' and similar fungi that grow on the bark of coniferous and angiosperm trees, and have the appearance of a horse's hoof (thus the name "hoof fungus"). It is also known as the "tinder fu ...

earlier that year) formed an alliance with the

Parti Socialiste Sénégalais The Senegalese Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Sénégalais) was a political party in Senegal (at the time part of French West Africa). PSS was founded in July 1934 by Lamine Guèye, as a split from the French Section of the Workers' ...

, under the name "Bloc Africain". In September 1947, the

Bloc Démocratique Sénégalais Senegalese Democratic Bloc (in French: ''Bloc Démocratique Sénégalais'') was a political party in Senegal, founded on 27 October 1948 by Léopold Sédar Senghor, following a split from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) ...

was formed, which united three other movements.

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