Tanganyika African Association Explained

Tanganyika African Association
Colorcode:
  1. 00AA00
Headquarters:Tanganyika Territory
Foundation:1929
Dissolution:July 1954
Predecessor:Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association
Successor:Tanganyika African National Union
Ideology:African nationalism
Country:Tanzania

The Tanganyika African Association (TAA) was a Tanganyika Territory 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 (TANU) in 1954 by Julius Nyerere.