Saloum Traoré was a Nigerien politician and trade union leader. He was a leader of the General Union of Negro African Workers (UGTAN) in Niger.[1] He belonged to the African Democratic Rally (RDA). In 1958 he served as Minister of Labour of Niger for a brief period.[2] In early 1959 Traoré was exiled from Niger.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Coleman, James Smoot, and Carl Gustav Rosberg. Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. 368
  2. ↑ Genova, James Eskridge. Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity and the Limitations of Mimicry in French-Ruled West-Africa, 1914-1956. New York (N.Y.): P. Lang, 2004. p. 277
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