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. He belonged to the African Democratic Rally (RDA). In 1958 he served as Minister of Labour of Niger for a brief period.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 In early 1959 Traoré was exiled from Niger.Coleman, James Smoot, and Carl Gustav Rosberg. Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. 368
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