Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (in French

French language

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: Parti Sénégalais de l'Action Socialiste) was a political party

Political party

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 in Senegal

Senegal

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 led by Lamine Guèye. PSAS was formed as the Senegalese section of the African Socialist Movement

African Socialist Movement

African Socialist Movement was a political party in French West Africa. The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière federations of Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, French Sudan , Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Oubangui-Chari , and Senegal; the...

 (MSA) in 1957, following the breakaway from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).

In February 1957 PSAS absorbed the Democratic Rally

Democratic Rally

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 of Abbas Guèye

Abbas Gueye

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.

Following the merger of the African Convention

African Convention

African Convention was a political party in French West Africa. The CA was formed at a meeting in Dakar on 11 January 1957. The CA constisted of the Senegalese Popular Bloc of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the African Popular Movement of Nazi Boni in Upper Volta and the Nigerien Democratic Front of...

 and MSA in 1958, PSAS merged with the Senegalese Popular Bloc

Senegalese Popular Bloc

The Senegalese Popular Bloc held its constitutive congress in Dakar February 23-25 1957. BPS was the result of the merger of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese Democratic Union , Casamancian Autonomous Movement and a fraction of the Senegalese Popular Movement ...

 (Senegalese section of the Convention) to form the Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS).

Source

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