Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa

political party, Central African Republic

Also known as: MESAN, Mouvement pour l’Évolution Sociale de l’Afrique Noire

Learn about this topic in these articles:

In Central African Republic: Political process
The Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa (Mouvement d’Évolution Sociale de l’Afrique Noire; MESAN), founded in 1946 by Barthélemy Boganda, was the first political party. It won control of the first territorial assembly elections in 1957 and was the party of the first president, David Dacko.…
Read More
In Central African Republic: The struggle for leadership
…the priesthood and formed the Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa (Mouvement pour l’Évolution Sociale de l’Afrique Noire; MESAN). MESAN gained control of the Territorial Assembly in 1957, and Boganda became president of the Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa. Boganda hoped that the French territories of Chad, Gabon, Congo,…
Read More