Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere - Paperback

by Chambi Chachage (Editor), Annar Cassam (Editor)

Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, was a Pan-Africanist and an internationalist, and this book includes contributions from leading commentatorsthose who worked and fought imperialism alongside Nyerere, members of a younger generation, and Nyerere in his own words. The writings reflect on Nyerere and liberation, the Commonwealth, leadership, economic development, land, human rights, and education. Above all, they are a testament to the growing recognition of the need to rekindle the fires of African socialism to which Nyerere was deeply committed.

Author Biography

Chambi Chachage is an independent researcher, newspaper columnist and policy analyst. Annar Cassam is a former personal assistant of PresidentJulius Kambarage Nyerere and a former director of the UNESCO Bureau at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland.