TANU (Organization)
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Name (Latin)
TANU (Organization)
Other forms of name
nna Tanganyika African National Union
Afrikanskiĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ soi︠u︡z Tanganʹiki
Nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ soi︠u︡z afrikant︠s︡ev Tanganʹiki
T.A.N.U. (TANU (Organization))
Tanganyika African National Union nna
Start period
1954-07-07
End period
1977-01
Type of corporate body
Associations, institutions, etc.
Associated country
Tanzania
See Also From tracing corporate name
Successor: Chama cha Mapinduzi
Sources of Information
- Bienen, H. Tanzania ... 1967.
- Statesman yrbk., 1983-84:p. 1169 (The Tanganyika African National Union and the Afro-Shirazi Party in Zanzibar merged into one revolutionary party, Chama cha Mapinduzi, in Jan. 1977)
- EISA, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa website, Tanzania: rise of nationalism (1945-1961), updated Sept. 2010, viewed Oct. 8, 2014(Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), formed from the Tanganyika African Association [not found in OCLC] on July 7, 1954; Julius Nyerere, an architect and founder of TANU, saw the movement as a vehicle for attaining independence from Britain; it quickly became a mass political party)