Franco-Guinean Union

The Franco-Guinean Union (French: Union franco-guinéenne, abbreviated UFG) was a political party in Guinea. The party was founded in February 1947. The organization functioned as a Conakry-based coordination committee of the different ethnic-based interests that supported Yacine Diallo. Its main backers were chiefs from the Futa Jallon.[1][2] The party was linked to the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).[2]

UFG was during its entire existence a rival of the African Democratic Rally (RDA). Diallo supported French colonial rule in Guinea.[1]

In the 1951 National Assembly election, the UFG (along with SFIO) supported two candidates, Yacine Diallo and Albert Liurette.[3]

UFG disintegrated after Diallo's death.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, Elizabeth. Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Western African studies. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007. p. 41
  2. 1 2 Segal, Ronald. Political Africa. Lond: Stevens, 1961. p. 340
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Elizabeth. Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Western African studies. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007. p. 52
  4. ↑ Hodgkin, Thomas. African Political Parties. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961. p. 96
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