The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere in July 1954 when he was teaching at St. Francis' College (which is now known as Pugu High School ...

The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party.

Feb 10, 2021 · The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the main political party in the struggle for independence in the East African nation of Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania).

In 1977 the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), which had led the colony to independence, and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) of Zanzibar, which had taken power after a coup in 1964, merged to form the Revolutionary Party (Chama cha Mapinduzi; CCM), and a new constitution was adopted the…

The party was created on February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the Founding Father of Tanzania (then Tanganyika) through the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), the ruling party in Zanzibar.

On 21st January, 1977, a joint National Conference of TANU and ASP was held in Dar es Salaam and passed unanimously a resolution dissolving TANU and ASP on 5th February, 1977, and establishing a single party, to be called Chama cha Mapinduzi, to have “supreme constitutional power over all state organs”.

Afro-Shirazi Party (kifupisho: ASP) kilikuwa chama cha siasa cha Zanzibar. Kilianzishwa mwaka 1957 kwa muungano kati ya Shirika la Washirazi (Shirazi Association) na Shirika la Waafrika (African Association).

Jul 7, 2015 · The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the leading nationalist political party in the East African state of Tanganyika. It was founded in 1954 by Julius Nyerere as the ‘Tanganyika African Association’.

In 1954, the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was formed. It was not so much a new party but a renovation of the Tanganyika African Association, a civic organisation catering predominantly for African interests which had been in existence since …

Dec 12, 2023 · Established on Saturday, February 5, 1977, through the fusion of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), the birth of CCM signifies not only a political merger but a crucial moment in the nation's history.