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  Documents by and about Julius Nyerere
Radio broadcast by the President of Tanzania, to memorialize Julius Nyerere.
ANC Statement on the Death of ‘Mwalimu’ Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 14 October 1999.
Nyerere on learning and informal education; Ujamma, socialism and self reliance; liberation struggles; on the Arusha Declaration; The Declaration of Dar-es-Salaam; and a Nyerere bibliography.
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  Julius Nyerere - Search View - MSN Encarta
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was born the son of a minor chief in Butiama, in what was then British-ruled Tanganyika.
Nyerere continued as prime minister when Tanganyika became independent in 1961, but he resigned early in 1962 to concentrate on restructuring TANU for its postindependence role.
Nyerere stepped down as president in 1985, but he continued as head of the ruling Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (formed by the merger of TANU and another party in 1977) until 1990.
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Nyerere was elected chairman of the Organisation of African Unity in 1984.
Nyerere had given an undertaking that he would relinquish the presidency of Tanzania when his last term expired in 1985, and it was in character that when the time came he did not seek to alter or postpone it.
Nyerere saw that the impact of IMF "structural adjustment" would be to destroy many of the great achievements in education and health care, and to worsen the plight of the poorest.
www.ntz.info /docs/w03881-Nyerere.doc   (20590 words)

  
 Julius Kambarage Nyerere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Julius Nyerere has numerous accomplishments to his credit, one of the most admirable being the sense of nationalism, pride, and dignity he instilled in the people of Tanzania.
Julius Nyerere is also instrumental in the triumph of the freedom struggle in a number of African countries.
Nyerere will also be remembered for his graceful exit from power in 1985, his courageous admission that "Ujamaa" had failed, and his vital realisation that the management of affairs in the United Republic of Tanzania, had to be passed to a younger, energetic, and more vibrant generation.
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 Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere: Obituary
Nyerere was the champion of the liberation of southern Africa becoming the first chairman of the Frontline states.
Nyerere was born at Butiama, a village near Musoma on the shores of Lake Victoria, in April 1922.
Nyerere, understanding the Americans duplicity, took the opposite view and as Africa correspondent of the London Sunday newspaper, The Observer, I was to become the focal point of the Tanzanians strategic leaks.
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 Julius Nyerere: the west's ultimate anti-Islamic warrior in post-colonial Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nyerere, one of the continent's most vociferous supporters of a one-party state, never once subjected himself to a free and popular plebiscite; to call Nyerere a 'democrat', as some tributes have done, is a joke.
Nyerere, always eager to be portrayed as a champion of human rights everywhere, tolerated the recorded brutalities and inhumanity inflicted on the people of Zanzibar under the regime of the late Abeid Amani Karume.
The large and emotional crowds at Nyerere's funeral were the cathartic response of a people who never really understood the anomalies, the contradictions and the fantastic failures of a man they were taught to revere as the father of their nation.
www.muslimedia.com /archives/special99/nyerere.htm   (1627 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Julius Nyerere
A man of austere and unostentatious personal habits, and instantly recognisable in his Mao tunic, Julius Nyerere was born at Butiama, on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria, into the small Zanaki tribe.
Nyerere was to admit that mistakes had been made, while his devotees pointed to developments - such as the spread of literacy and primary healthcare.
Julius Nyerere belonged to a generation of African post-independence leaders, like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda, who had an unshakeable belief in their mission to lead their countries to a better world through their chosen political ideologies, but who were unable to recognise their personal failings.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,258647,00.html   (1620 words)

  
 BRC Press Release: On the Passing of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Julius Nyerere was the President of Tanzania from independence in 1961 until he voluntarily stepped down in 1985.
The opposition of Nyerere to Idi Amin (of Uganda), Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire Jonas Savimbi of Angola and Laurent Kabila of the Democratic republic of the Congo demonstrated a principled position that was not present in the era of consensus politics in Africa.
Nyerere's principled opposition to US militarism will guide our youth who will understand that might is not right and that the billions that are used in building weapons should be mobilized to solve the pressing problems of humanity.
www.blackradicalcongress.org /comm/press/release101999.html   (1610 words)

  
 Salon Obituary | Tanzania's Julius Nyerere dies at 77   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, the father of Tanzanian independence and a symbol of Africa's hopes as it emerged from the shadow of European colonial rule, died today in London.
Nyerere led the drive for the independence of his East African nation from British rule and became the country's first president in 1962.
In 1979, Nyerere defied the Organization of African Unity and sent troops to Uganda, claiming it was in retaliation for dictator Idi Amin Dada's deployment of troops to northwestern Tanzania.
www.salon.com /people/obit/1999/10/14/nyerere/print.html   (688 words)

  
 Julius Nyerere, lifelong learning and informal education
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was born on April 13, 1922 in Butiama, on the eastern shore of lake Victoria in north west Tanganyika.
Nyerere’s integrity, ability as a political orator and organizer, and readiness to work with different groupings was a significant factor in independence being achieved without bloodshed.
Nyerere’s life and career are an inspiration to the many Africans who dismiss the notion current in elite African circles today that justice, dignity and freedom should be subordinated to the single-minded pursuit of prosperity through economic liberalisation and structural adjustment.
www.infed.org /thinkers/et-nye.htm   (3623 words)

  
 Julius Nyerere Summary
Julius Nyerere early demonstrated a lively intellect; he was sent to the Native Authority School at Musoma, where he impressed his teachers enough to be encouraged to attempt entry to the important Tanganyika Government School at Tabora.
Nyerere believed that it was unwise for a poor country to depend on the uncertain aid of the richer nations for progress.
Nyerere was instrumental in the union between the islands of Zanzibar and the mainland Tanganyika to form Tanzania, after a coup in Zanzibar in 1964 toppled Jamshid bin Abdullah, who was the Sultan of Zanzibar.
www.bookrags.com /Julius_Nyerere   (3255 words)

  
 Nyerere
While he was president, Nyerere was called “Mwalimu,” the Swahili word for “Teacher.” This had the significance of making Nyerere one of the people, as he chose not to use titles that implied a higher position than that of the common man. This reflects Nyerere’s socialist philosophy.
On his return to Tanganyika, Nyerere was forced by the colonial authorities to make a choice between his political activities and his teaching.
Nyerere's goal was to meet with these problems by a collectivization of agriculture and large-scale nationalization.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/s/m/smc984/Nyerere.htm   (699 words)

  
 In Memoriam: Julius Nyerere by Jerry Atkin - Global Eyes / In Motion Magazine
Julius Nyerere, the former President of Tanzania and a personal hero of mine, died yesterday, of leukemia, in a hospital in London.
Nyerere thought that perhaps they had forgotten that they were there to help build a nation and not assure their own privilege.
Julius Nyerere knew that to, and the compromises of governing must have eaten away at him like bilharzia ate away at the guts of the children in the countryside.
www.inmotionmagazine.com /nyerere.html   (1849 words)

  
 Julius Nyerere of Tanzania Dies; Preached African Socialism to the World
Nyerere also gained international prestige for his principled support of the struggles for majority rule in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola, and for Tanzania's military counter offensive against Idi Amin of Uganda, which routed the dictator and sent him into exile.
Nyerere was the head of the country's major women's organization, the United Women of Tanzania, and she ran a poultry business for some years while her husband was President.
Nyerere deplored the violence, attributing it to overly zealous local officials, but he insisted that such mistakes should not obscure the success of a program that, he said, had led more than 13 million people to move into ujamma communities by 1976, a movement of close to 70 percent of the population in three years.
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 Saints and Presidents: A Commentary on Julius Nyerere by Stanley Meisler
Nyerere, when I was a young correspondent, and you were a young president, I interviewed you." "Well," he replied with a laugh, "I got out of my business.
It is clear now that while Nyerere spun his ideas a quarter of a century ago, few of his people understood these ideas well enough to implement them.
In 1967, Nyerere wrote a paper, "Education for Self-Reliance," that was a masterful critique of the ills of African education.
www.stanleymeisler.com /news-commentary/nyerere.html   (1096 words)

  
 Julius Kambarage Nyerere
Julius K. Nyerere became the President of Tanganyika (East Africa) in 1962 and was President of Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) from 1964 to 1985.
Although Nyerere criticized the retention of income and literacy qualifications, as well as the reservation of a specific number seats in the legislative council for the European and Asian minorities, the new plan was seen as a definite triumph for him and his party.
Nyerere's death was a serious setback for the peace process in Burundi where he played an important part as facilitator to bring about consensus among 18 political parties.
www.nathanielturner.com /juliuskambaragenyerere.htm   (3313 words)

  
 Nyerere, Julius Kambarage - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
NYERERE, JULIUS KAMBARAGE [Nyerere, Julius Kambarage], c.1922-99, African political leader, first president (1964-85) of Tanzania.
Establishing a one-party state led by the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (CCM), Nyerere authored a policy of African socialism characterized by economic self-reliance, egalitarianism, and local rural development, but it was ultimately unsuccessful economically.
Nyerere retired from the presidency in 1985 but remained chairman of CCM until 1990.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-nyerere.html   (269 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Julius Nyerere -- December 27, 1996
JULIUS NYERERE: Well, the biggest obstacle at present is that those who are in power, the minority--the minority is in power--they are like one riding on the back of a tiger.
JULIUS NYERERE: Leaders of the region are absolutely united on this one, and the significance of this is sometimes lost in the outside world.
JULIUS NYERERE: Well, I'm saying some of the problems we are now handling in Africa, some of the mess we're trying to clean up in the continent we have inherited, the mess of the borders we have inherited.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/december96/nyerere_12-27.html   (1769 words)

  
 Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere
President Julius Nyerere was one of the great leaders of the African generation that took up the fight against colonialism and the oppression of minorities, and for national independence.
Nyerere played a central role in the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, the OAU, and ensured that the work of the organization was primarily focused on decolonization and the struggle against apartheid and other forms of oppression against minorities.
Julius Nyerere was also a great visionary and paved the way for pioneering initiatives in the social sphere.
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 WORLDVIEW MAGAZINE ONLINE : Fall 1999 : Stories
Linked to Nyerere's nationalism from quite early was his Pan-Africanism, a commitment to the pursuit of African unity and the adoption of the principle of African soliderity whenever possible.
Nyerere strengthened the union when he united the ruling Afro-Shirazi Party of Zanzibar with the ruling party of Tanganyika to form the new Chama cha Mapinduzi, the Party of the Revolution.
Nyerere's translation of two of Shakespeare's plays into Kiswahili was done not because he "loved Shakespeare less, but because he loved Kiswahili more." He translated Shakespeare into Kiswahili partly to demonstrate that the Swahili language was capable of carrying the complexities of a genius of another civilization.
www.worldviewmagazine.com /issues/fall1999/story5.html   (1561 words)

  
 Nyerere and I
Nyerere was particularly irritated when I published an article in the Journal of Commonwealth Studies in London accusing him of having unintentionally destroyed prospects for an East African Federation by his policies of socialism and economic nationalism.
Nyerere bristled when it was suggested that the union with Zanzibar was part of the Cold War and not a case of Pan- Africanism.
Nyerere also bristled if it was suggested that he was ungrateful to Nigeria which had helped him with his own army in1964, and wanted to create a new force.
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 Julius Nyerere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from the country's founding in 1964 until his retirement in 1985.
Nyerere was instrumental in the union between the islands of Zanzibar and the mainland Tanganyika to form Tanzania, after a coup in Zanzibar in 1964 toppled Jamshid bin Abdullah, who was the Sultan of Zanzibar.
Nyerere provided a home for a number of African liberation movements including the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC) of South Africa, FRELIMO when it sought to overthrow Portuguese rule in Mozambique, and ZANLA (and Robert Mugabe) in its struggle to unseat the white regime in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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 President Julius Nyerere A Great Teacher and Devoted African Leader
Nyerere's government brought unity to the country by making Swahili, the language spoken throughout the region of East Africa, to be the national language.
Nyerere's success in international diplomacy on the side of the oppressed is one of the factors which led right-wing U.S. politicians to hate the United Nations.
Nyerere made serious attempts to create an indigenous socialism in Tanzania within an environment of relative poverty of agriculture and industry that would allow the country to be economically independent.
www.zmag.org /ZSustainers/ZDaily/1999-10/tributetonyerere.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Julius Nyerere:
The equality which Nyerere valued was the equality enjoyed in closely integrated and caring societies This separated him from western liberalism, with its primary emphasis on individual liberty and its much weaker attention to equality and to fraternity.
Nyerere realized from the earliest days of his leadership, that his society needed modern educated men and women to lead it forward but that the members of this elite were bound to be tempted to set their aspirations by reference to the levels of material welfare enjoyed by the elites of other much richer societies.
Julius Nyerere, Ujamaa, The Basis of African Socialism (Dar es Salaam, 1962) p 7.
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