The Tanganyika African Association (TAA) was a
Tanganyika Territory
Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 to 1961. It was initially administered under a military occupation regime. From 20 July 1922, it was formalised into a L ...
political association, formed in 1929.
It was founded by civil servants including
Ali Saidi, members of an earlier association called the
Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association (founded by Martin Kayamba in 1922).
After World War II, TAA expanded countrywide in towns and in rural areas, and in 1948, the number of branches had increased to 39. It was transformed into the
Tanganyika African National Union
The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere ...
(TANU) in 1954 by
Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, af ...
.
References
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1929 establishments in Tanganyika
Political parties established in 1929
Organisations based in Tanzania
Tanganyika (territory)
Politics of Tanganyika
African and Black nationalist organizations in Africa
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