Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa

Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique noire
Abbreviation	MESAN
Founder	Barthélemy Boganda
Founded	28 September 1949 (1949-09-28) Early 1990s (re-established)
Dissolved	24 November 1979 (1979-11-24) (first incarnation)
Succeeded by	Central African Democratic Union (first incarnation)
Headquarters	Bangui
Ideology	African nationalism Pan-Africanism Progressivism Anti-colonialism Anti-imperialism Historical: Monarchism (1976–1979)
Colors	Black   Blue   Red   Yellow
Politics of the Central African Republic Political parties Elections

The Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (French: Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique noire; MESAN) was a political party in the Central African Republic. In its original form, it was a nationalist quasi-religious party that sought to affirm black humanity and advocated for the independence of Ubangi-Shari, then a French colonial territory.