Roger Roche was a
French
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political activist in
Senegal. In 1925 he, along with two other persons, founded a cell of the
French Communist Party in
Rufisque
Rufisque ( ar, روفيسك; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census). In the past it was an important port city in its own right, but ...
. This was the first communist organisation in Senegal.
Later Roche left the party and joined the
SFIO
The French Section of the Workers' International (french: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party. The SFIO was found ...
.
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
People of French West Africa
Senegalese communists
French Section of the Workers' International politicians
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