History
On 23 November 1958, a Ghana-Guinea Union was formed at the All-African Peoples' Conference. Ghana offered a large amount of credit to Guinea, which had recently declared independence and been quickly cut off from France. The two countries also agreed to jointly study issues of governance.
In May 1959, it was announced that the Union would be renamed Union of African States.
In April 1961, Mali joined the Union.
The Union fell apart in 1962, when Guinea started to reach out to the United States, counter to the Marxist leanings of the other two member states, which were more oriented towards the Cold War adversary of the U.S., the Soviet Union.
The three-state Union of African States was the inspiration for the song "Ghana, Guinea, Mali union" by highlife musician E. T. Mensah.
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