Freedom & Development - Uhuru Na Maendeleo

by Julius Nyerere

Genres: Africa, Nonfiction

Hardcover

Published April 15, 1984

About the author

Born in Tanganyika to Nyerere Burito (1860–1942), Chief of the Zanaki,[1] Nyerere was known by the Swahili name Mwalimu or 'teacher', his profession prior to politics.[2] He was also referred to as Baba wa Taifa (Father of the Nation).[3] Nyerere received his higher education at Makerere University in Kampala and the University of Edinburgh. On returning to Tanganyika he worked as a teacher. In 1954 he helped form the Tanganyika African National Union.

In 1961 Nyerere became the first Prime Minister of Tanganyika and following independence in 1962, the country's first President. In 1964, Tanganyika united with Zanzibar and was then renamed as Tanzania. In 1965, a one-party election returned Nyerere to power and two years later he issued the Arusha Declaration, outlining his socialist concept of Ujamaa, which came to dominate his policies.

Nyerere retired in 1985 and was succeeded by Ali Hassan Mwinyi but remained the chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi. He died of leukaemia in London in 1999. In October 2009, Nyerere was named "World Hero of Social Justice" by the United Nations General Assembly.[4]

Reviews

[John Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third of the compilations of Julius Nyerere's speeches and writings. It covers the years from 1968-1972.The speeches and writings include reviews of what Tanzania was able to accomplish in its first ten years of Independence (the longest chapter at 60 pages), international issues, socialism and human rights. Having grown up in Tanzania during this time period, I found it interesting to read about how Nyerere helped set the nation on its course during this time. While the socialism he envisioned in these books seem long gone, the other issues that he highlights remain part of Tanzania's internal psyche.

[Yourlocalthoughtson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book. Nation building musings woven in with socialism reckonings - would recommend for anyone interested in Tanzania / Nyerere / Socialism / revolutionary leaders. Is a pretty sizeable book so you could also pick and choose your chapters. Will use as a reference as my socio political ideas morph and transpose

[Abiramasivan V · Rating 5 out of 5]

pdf format should be made available for further references regarding this book....

[Khalifa Said]

This was not a book in the sense of a book but rather a collection of speeches by the co-founding father of the modern United Republic of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere.

These collection of speeches, papers and essays cover a wide range of topics from socialism and self-reliance, national unity and the concept of development to international relations and the independence struggles in South Africa, Angola and Mozambique.

I truly would recommend someone to read these speeches given to various audiences and circumstances. If someone is very busy to be unable to read all the speeches, essays and papers, I would at least someone to read the paper containing the name of the book, "Freedom and Development," "Things we must correct ourselves," and the last speeches on "The Rational Choice."