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Julius Nyerere. Julius Kambarage Nyerere ( Swahili pronunciation: [ˈdʒulius kɑᵐbɑˈɾɑɠɛ ɲɛˈɾɛɾɛ]; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led ...
Jun 6, 2024 · Julius Nyerere was the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika (1961) and later became the first president of the new state of Tanzania (1964). He was a major force behind the modern Pan-African movement and one of the founders in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union).
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika), from the country's founding in 1964, until his retirement in 1985. Born in Tanganyika to a local Zanaki chief called Nyerere Burito, Julius Nyerere was known by the Swahili name Mwalimu, or "teacher," because of his profession before ...
- Early Life
- Nationalistic Awareness
- Gaining A Wider Perspective
- Developing The Independence Struggle in Tanganyika
- International Statesman
- Independence
- Nyerere's Approach to Government #1
- Political Tensions
- Nyerere's Approach to Government #2
- Nyerere on The International Stage
Kambarage ("the spirit which gives rain") Nyerere was born to Chief Burito Nyerere of the Zanaki (a small ethnic group in northern Tanganyika) and his fifth (out of 22) wife Mgaya Wanyang'ombe. Nyerere attended a local primary mission school, transferring in 1937 to Tabora Secondary School, a Roman Catholic mission and one of the few secondary scho...
Between 1943 and 1945 Nyerere attended Makerere University, in Uganda's capital Kampala, obtaining a teaching certificate. It was around this time that he took his first steps towards a political career. In 1945 he formed Tanganyika's first student group, an offshoot of the African Association, AA, (a pan-African group first formed by Tanganyika's ...
In 1949 Nyerere left Tanganyika to study for an MA in economics and history at the University of Edinburgh. He was the first African from Tanganyika to study at a British university and, in 1952, was the first Tanganyikan to gain a degree. At Edinburgh, Nyerere became involved with the Fabian Colonial Bureau (a non-Marxist, anti-colonial socialist ...
This was a period of upheaval in west and south Africa. In neighboring Kenya the Mau Mauuprising was fighting against white settler rule, and a nationalistic reaction was rising against the creation of the Central African Federation. But political awareness in Tanganyika was nowhere near as advanced as with its neighbors. Nyerere, who had become pr...
Nyerere testified on behalf of TANU to the UN Trusteeship Council (committee on trusts and non-self-governing territories), in both 1955 and 1956. He presented the case for setting a timetable for Tanganyikan independence (this being one of the specified aims set down for a UN trust territory). The publicity he gained back in Tanganyika established...
In May 1961 Nyerere became prime minister, and on December 9, Tanganyika gained its independence. On January 22, 1962, Nyerere resigned from the premiership to concentrate on drawing up a republican constitution and to prepare TANU for government rather than liberation. On December 9, 1962, Nyerere was elected president of the new Republic of Tanga...
Nyerere approached his presidency with a particularly African stance. First, he attempted to integrate into African politics the traditional style of African decision making (what is known as "indabain Southern Africa). A consensus is gained through a series of meetings in which everyone has an opportunity to say their piece. To help build national...
In 1963 tensions on the neighboring island of Zanzibar started to impact on Tanganyika. Zanzibar had been a British protectorate, but on 10 December 1963, independence was gained as a Sultanate (under Jamshid ibn Abd Allah) within the Commonwealth of Nations. A coup on January 12, 1964, overthrew the sultanate and established a new republic. Africa...
Nyerere was reelected president of Tanzania in 1965 (and would be returned for another three successive five-year terms before resigning as president in 1985. His next step was to promote his system of African socialism, and on February 5, 1967, he presented the Arusha Declaration which set out his political and economic agenda. The Arusha Declarat...
Nyerere was a leading force behind the modern Pan-African movement, a leading figure in African politics in the 1970s, and was one of the founders of the Organization of African Unity, OAU, (now the African Union). He was committed to supporting liberation movements in Southern Africa and was a forceful critic of the apartheid regime of South Afric...
Feb 18, 2024 · The anniversary of Julius Nyerere's death, 14 October, is a public holiday in Tanzania. Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honoured with a statue outside the African Union ...
Summary. Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999) was the East African nation of Tanganyika’s (from 1964: Tanzania) central political figure from the struggle against colonialism in the 1950s, through the attainment of political independence in 1961, and into the late 20th century.
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere (13 April 1922 - 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika, from the country's founding in 1961 until his retirement in 1985.
