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Julius Nyerere (Ohio Short Histories of Africa)

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With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in brand new Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one in every of independent Africa’s most influential leaders. He pursued his own brand of African socialism, known as Ujamaa, with unquestioned integrity, and saw it profoundly influence movements to finish white minority rule in Southern Africa. Yet his efforts to build a peaceful nation created a police state, economic crisis, and a war with Idi Amin’s Uganda. In the end—unlike most of his contemporaries—Nyerere retired voluntarily from power, paving the best way for peaceful electoral transitions in Tanzania that continue as of late.

Based on multinational archival research, extensive reading, and interviews with Nyerere’s circle of relatives and colleagues, in addition to some who suffered under his rule, Paul Bjerk provides an incisive and accessible biography of this African leader of global importance. Recognizing Nyerere’s commitment to participatory government and social equality even as also confronting his authoritarian turns and policy failures, Bjerk offers a portrait of principled leadership under the difficult circumstances of postcolonial Africa.

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