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Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa
Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique noire
AbbreviationMESAN
FounderBarthélemy Boganda
Founded28 September 1949 (1949-09-28)
Early 1990s (re-established)
Dissolved24 November 1979 (1979-11-24) (first incarnation)
Succeeded byCentral African Democratic Union (first incarnation)
HeadquartersBangui
IdeologyAfrican nationalism
Pan-Africanism
Progressivism
Anti-colonialism
Anti-imperialism
Historical:
Monarchism (1976–1979)
Colors  Black
  Blue
  Red
  Yellow
  • Politics of the Central African Republic
  • Political parties
  • Elections

The Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (French: Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique noire; MESAN) was a political party in the Central African Republic. In its original form, it was a nationalist quasi-religious party that sought to affirm black humanity and advocated for the independence of Ubangi-Shari, then a French colonial territory.

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