Tarayyar Afirka tarayya ce da ta samo asali daga yunƙurin shugaba Hailie Selassie na ƙasar Itofiya da kuma shugaba Kwame Nkrumah na ƙasar Ghana a yunƙurinsu na haɗe ƙasashen Afirka su zama abu guda. Wannan ya biyo bayan rugujewar ƙungiyar ƙasashen Afirka mai suna (Union of Independent African States) wacce ta rayu tsawon shekarun da basu wuce uku zuwa huɗu ba (1958 – 1963). Waccar ƙungiya ta haɗa ƙasashen Afirka guda uku ne kawai wanda kuma hakan ya biyo bayan kaɗa ƙuri’ar cin ‘yancin-gashin-kai da ƙasar Guinea ta yi wanda ya haifar da katsewar samar da tallafin da take samu daga uwar-gijyarta Faransa wanda ya yi sanadiyar jefa ƙasar cikin mayuwacin halin tattalin arziƙi kuma hakan ta haifar da samun bashi daga ƙasar Ghana wacce ita ke da ƙarfin tattalin arziƙi a matsayin ƙasa mai ‘yancin kai a wannan lokaci. Wannan shi ne dalilin da ya haifar da haɗuwar Nkrumah da Ahmed Seku Touré su tattauna a Conakry babban birnin Guinea don tallafawa ƙasar ta Guinea wanda kuma shi ya haifar da kafa wannan ƙungiya ta nan take kasancewa su waɗannan mutane guda biyu suna daga cikin jaruman ‘yan gwagwarmayar ƙwatar ‘yancin ƙasashen Afirka daga mulkin danniya na Turawan mulkin mallaka.