Nyerere one party government pdf

Nyerere, democracy and the party system 12 1962 hereinafter. Tanzania under nyerere eventually became a one party state that. Kiven tunteng toward theory of oneparty government africa perhaps it. Julius nyerere was the first prime minister of independent tanganyika 1961 and later became the first president of the new state of tanzania 1964. Julius kambarage nyerere international bureau of education. Party system, spearhead, salaam, dar es, 01 1963, vol. Julius nyerere, ujamaa, and political morality in contemporary tanzania. A first generation convert of sparkling intelligence, nyerere. Tanganyika therefore entered upon independence as a defacto one party state. Review yale law school legal scholarship repository. He was a major force behind the modern panafrican movement and one of the founders in 1963 of the organization of african unity now the african union. One of africas most respected figures, julius nyerere 1922 1999 was a politician of principle and intelligence. Nyerere 19221999 was one of the first presidents of a former colony in east africa and also one of the most respected leaders in africa in the latter part of the twentieth century. Nyerere, who was beloved for his personal integrity and his farsighted policies to promote a.

In announcing the commission, nyereres instructions were clear. Nyerere began promoting jumbe as his potential successor. Known as mwalimu or teacher he had a vision of education that was rich with possibility. Politics, government, constitution, election, pressure. Julius nyerere was the son of a government chief among the backward and previously stateless zanaki, whose egalitarianism the young nyerere had inherited. So, naturally, tanus victory brought about a responsible government in 1960 with julius nyerere as the chief minister. Tanzanian affairs tanzania as a democratic oneparty state. Julius kambarage nyerere 1922 yusuf kassam1 julius nyerere, the former and founding president of the united republic of tanzania, is known not only as one of the worlds most respected statesmen and an articulate spokes man of african liberation and african dignity but also as an educator and an original and creative educational thinker. Karume was succeeded by aboud jumbe, who had a better relationship with nyerere.

Christianity was another foundation of his character, for he had been one of the first zanaki to become a roman catholic. A desire to create a system of government appropriate to african conditions and. This remarkable result was due as much to the outstanding leadership of julius nyerere as to the unifying influence of a common cause. Julius kambarage nyerere was born on april, 1922 in butiama, on the eastern shore of lake victoria in north west tanganyika.