Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyererewas a Tanzanian statesman who served as the leader of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from 1960 until his retirement in 1985...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 April 1922
CityButiama, Tanzania
fighting poverty way
Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.
song school rocks
When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?
waste no-time-to-waste
There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.
doors made should
If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside.
patriotism dangerous africanism
African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.
tanzania hundred lost
In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.
freedom mean rhinos
Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino.