Research Catalog

Title

Nyerere and Africa : end of an era / Godfrey Mwakikagile.

Author

Mwakikagile, Godfrey

Publication

Pretoria, South Africa: New Africa Press, c2007.

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Details

Description

719 p. : ill., maps, photos; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Africa > Politics and government
• Tanzania > Politics and government
• Biographies
• Since 1960
• Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
• Tanzania > Politics and government > 1964-
• Nyerere, Julius K., 1922-1999
• Presidents > Tanzania > Biography
• Nyerere, Julius K (Julius Kambarage), 1922-1999

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes photos.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One-party system and national unity: consolidation of the nation-state -- Milestones : Africa since the Sixties -- Julius Nyerere : early years -- Tanganyika before the union : creation of a non-racial state -- Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar : Nyerere as architect of First African Union -- The bleeding heart of Africa -- The struggle for Mozambique : the founding of FRELIMO in Tanzania -- The Rhodesian crisis : Tanzania's role -- Tanzania recognizes Biafra -- The ouster of Idi Amin by Tanzania -- American involvement in Angola and southern Africa : Nyerere's response -- Nyerere and Nkrumah : towards African unity -- Coup attempts against President Julius Nyerere and reflections on coup leader Scar Kambona / by Andrew Nyerere -- Julius Nyerere : what manner of man? Recollections of Mama Maria Nyerere and others since his childhood -- Farewell Africa : Nyerere as an African statesman -- Nyerere as a Third World leader -- The last of the independence leaders : life under Nyerere from a personal perspective : end of an era. Appendices : Julius Nyerere, on the Boycott of South Africa, in an letter to the editor of Africa South, October-December 1959. Julius Nyerere: reflections. Address by President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania at the state funeral for Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. David Martin on Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Joseph Murumbi on Nyerere and Pio Gama Pinto. An interview with Nyerere. Tributes to Mwalimu Julius Nyerere from around the world. Ever the idealist: Nyerere's legacy is everlasting. An interview with Paul Sozigwa about Nyerere. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere: an intellectural in power. Julius Nyerere Memorial lecture by South African deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Seven years without Mwalimu Nyerere: Mama Maria's recollections. Mwalimu with a whole country as a class. An interview with the author and recollections by Andrew Nyerere.

ISBN

• 9780980253412
• 0980253411

OCLC

• 156795547
• SCSB-11832984

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library