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DeutschDahomeyan Democratic Rally
Dahomeyan Democratic Rally Rassemblement démocratique dahoméen | |
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| Leader | Hubert Maga |
| Founded | August 1957 |
| Dissolved | 1958 |
| Merger of | Dahomeyan Democratic Movement Union of Independents of Dahomey |
| Merged into | Dahomeyan Progressive Party |
| Ideology | Nationalism[1] |
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The Dahomeyan Democratic Rally (French: Rassemblement Démocratique Dahoméen, RDD) was a political party in French Dahomey led by Hubert Maga.
History
[edit]The party was established in August 1957 by a merger of the Dahomeyan Democratic Movement led by Maga and the Independents of the North party led by Paul Darboux.[2] However, Darboux left the party shortly after its establishment and refounded his party as the Union of Independents of Dahomey.[2]
Like most other parties in Dahomey, it was a regional one and was heavily backed by the northern section of the French colony (particularly among the Bariba)[3] without much support elsewhere.[4] However, it suffered from internal rivalries between factions based in Parakou and Nikki and conflict between the Bariba and Dendi.[2]
In 1958 the party merged with the Yoruba-dominated Republican Party of Dahomey (PRD) led by Sourou-Migan Apithy to form the Dahomeyan Progressive Party, which was to be the Dahomeyan branch of the African Regroupment Party.[2] However, internal disagreements led to the parties splitting back into their original forms in 1959.[5] The RDD won 22 seats in the 1959 elections, and in 1960 agreed to merge with the PRD again, this time under the name Dahomeyan Unity Party.[5]
The party was briefly re-established as the Dahomeyan National Union (Union Nationale Dahoméene) following a coup by Christophe Soglo in 1965. However, all parties were banned by Soglo in December 1965.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.mexicohistorico.com/paginas/benin-a-journey-towards-freedom-880a74ec.html
- ^ a b c d e Houngnikpo, Mathurin C.; Decalo, Samuel (2012). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Scarecrow Press. p. 305.
- ^ Laitin, David D. (1986), Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Religious Change Among the Yoruba, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 165, ISBN 0-226-46790-2, OCLC 12946946
- ^ Matthews, Ronald (1966), African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations, London: The Bodley Head, p. 141, OCLC 246401461
- ^ a b Houngnikpo & Decalo, p306
