African Independence Party (in French: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often keeping the name PAI. In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes Communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, or AOF) was a federation of eight French territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), Guinea, Côte dIvoire, Niger, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (now Benin). ... Thiès is the second largest city in Senegal, lying east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In Senegal PAI was banned on August 1 1960. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In Senegal the following parties trace/traced their origin back to PAI:
The African Regroupment Party (in French: Parti du Regroupement Africain) was a political party in the French African colonies.
Initially there was hope that the African Democratic Rally (RDA) would join the project and Sékou Touré had signed the appeal on behalf of RDA calling for the formation of the party, but Félix Houphouët-Boigny intervened to keep his party outside.
In Côte d'Ivoire the party came into conflict with the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), and the PRA leadership was exiled to Conakry.
AfricanIndependenceParty (in French: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) is a political party in Senegal led by Majhmoud Diop.
At the 1972 congress of the original AfricanIndependenceParty in Senegal, the former general secretary, Majhmoud Diop, was expelled.
The governing UPS was accorded the role as the Social Democratic party and the main opposition PDS was legalized to take the role as the liberal democratic party.
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