The Union of African States was a short-lasting union of first two then three African states in West Africa, in the 1960s. The first two member states were Ghana and Guinea, soon joined by the third member state Mali. The Union was politically Socialist and Pan-Africanist, and it was led by African revolutionaries Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sékou Touré of Guinea, and Modibo Keïta of Mali.
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