African Regroupment Party – Senegal

African Regroupment Party-Senegal (in French: Parti du Regroupement Africain-Sénégal) was a Marxist political party in Senegal. Formed in September 1958, following a split in the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS). PRA adhered to the African Regroupment Party (PRA).

The party published the newspaper Indépendance Africaine.Coleman, James Smoot, and Carl Gustav Rosberg. Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. 58

In 1964 PRA-Sénégal split, and a minority formed African Regroupment Party-Renewal (PRA-Rénovation) which opted for quick merger with UPS.

In 1966 PRA-Sénégal rejoined UPS.

Sources Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.

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