Tanganyika African Association


The Tanganyika African Association was a Tanganyika Territory political association, formed in 1929. It was founded by civil servants including Ali Saidi, members of an earlier association called the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service association. After WWII, TAA expanded countrywide in towns and in rural areas, in 1948, the number of branches had increased to 39. of an earlier association called the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service association. It was transformed into the Tanganyika African National Union in 1954 by Julius Nyerere.