Julius Nyerere and Ujamaa Socialism in Tanzania
Learning from the historic anti-colonial struggles of the people
In my commentary of January 25, 2024, “Cuba and Tanzania heighten collaboration: Valdés Mesa in the land of Mwalimu Nyerere,” I reported on the recent agreements of cooperation between Cuba and Tanzania and on the historic relation between the two countries, dating to the era of Julius Nyerere and Fidel. As a follow-up to the commentary, I today post a revised version of my previously unpublished writing on Julius Nyerere and Ujamaa Socialism in Tanzania. These writings drew upon the following sources: Julius Nyerere, Ujamaa: Essays in Socialism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968); Goran Hyden, Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania (London: Heinemann, 1980); Michaela von Freyhold, Ujamaa Villages in Tanzania, (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1979); Cranford Pratt, The Critical Phase in Tanzania 1945-1968 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976); and James N. Karioki, Tanzania’s Human Revolution (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1979).
