Julius Nyerere

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Tanzanian President Magufuli’s Legacy Is Country’s Infrastructural Transformation

The late President Magufuli. Photo: Twitter. Love him or loathe him, Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli who died on March 17 was a long-standing ...

Nyerere was also one of the founding members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.

Pan-African Profile: Tanzania’s “Baba wa Taifa” Julius Nyerere

[Julius Nyerere] Black Past: “Nyerere enforced a doctrine of African socialism, which ascribed to the idea that before colonization, African society was essentially egalitarian ...

Producing classics since his early twenties

Expecting Europe To Help Develop Africa Is Like Asking for A Thief to Fight Thievery—-Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Prof. Ngugi wa Thiongo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons   During the last day of the annual “Congo Week” events focused on empowering Congolese and other ...

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“Africa Must Unite: Without Unity, There Is No Future For Africa”—Julius Nyerere

Kwame Nkrumah during a U.S. visit with President Kennedy in March 1961. The CIA, under Kennedy’s successor President Johnson was involved in Nkrumah’s overthrow ...

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Michael Brooks, Rest In Peace Good Brother—Thanks For Shining Light on America, The Dark Continent

Michael, when he appeared on my show on WBAI 99.5 FM Radio in February.   On Monday morning I overheard some music that triggered ...

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Wake Up Africa! Rename Victoria Falls, and Lake, After African Icons

The beautiful Nehanda Falls. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Pavel Spindler [Commentary] Fellow Africans and friends of Africa liberation starts by “Decolonizing The Mind,” to borrow the ...

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R.I.P. Minister Hafeez Muhammad: Tribute To Tireless Soldier in the Struggle to Liberate the Minds of Africans

With Minister Hafeez and Sister Louise Dente at the Dr. King Day commemoration in January.   I just heard of the passing this morning ...

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JULIUS NYERERE ON ADULT EDUCATION: “DEVELOPMENT IS FOR MAN, BY MAN, AND OF MAN”

[Celebrating Black History Month\Julius Nyerere] Nyerere: “Education for liberation is therefore also education for co-operation among men, because it is in co-operation with others ...

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Socialism Is About Values and Development Which Is People Centered—Julius Nyerere

Rosalynn, Nyerere, Jimmy Carter during state visit to the U.S. Photo: Karl H. Schumacher   Excerpt from interview of the late Julius K. Nyerere, ...

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How U.S. and Western Foreign Policy Create Global Poverty And Fuel Mass Migrations

Where are leaders of the caliber of the late Julius Nyerere of Tanzania? Photo: Wikimedia Commons   The immigration debate became the major staple ...