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TANU|ˈtɑːnuː|
Also Tanu.
[Acronym f. the initial letters of Tanganyika African National Union.]
The name of a former political party in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
1957Times 15 Feb. 7/2 Speeches made recently by the president of the T.A.N.U. 1957J. Nyerere Let. in Times 18 Sept. 9/4 For the last three years T.A.N.U. has been trying to get from the administering authority a statement that it intends to develop Tanganyika to become a democratic African state. 1959New Statesman 12 Sept. 300/1 TANU now has 800,000 members, each of whom pays two shillings entrance fee and six shillings a year. 1967Economist 18 Feb. 613/1 The constitution of the Tanganyika African National Union (Tanu) lays down [etc.]. 1971Standard (Dar es Salaam) 7 Apr. 1/4 He asked all members of the corporation to study well the new Tanu Guidelines during their discussions. 1977Jrnl. Commonwealth & Compar. Politics XV. 247 TANU and the Afro-Shirazi Party of Zanzibar officially merged in February 1977 to form Chama cha Mapinduzi (the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania), abbreviated to CCM. 1978S. Naipaul North of South ii. iii. 163 The peasants here displayed little or no understanding of TANU policies. |