Godfrey Mwakikagile
Published: 2004-08
Total Pages: 208
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Category: NonFiction/Politics/Political Sciences/Government leader of Tanganyika, and later Tanzania, and examines his policies in the domestic arena, including the Arusha Declaration and ujamaa, or familyhood, what has also been described as African socialism. for independence, including the trial of Julius Nyerere who was accused and convicted of libel by the British colonial government. during that period and his role in the African liberation struggle are among the subjects addressed in this work by the author who observed, first-hand, many of the events he has written about in his native country of Tanzania. For example, he recalls when President Nyerere asked publicly who elected the IMF to be the ministry of finance for every country in the world, when the world financial institution tried to force the president to accept terms he didn't like. under Nyerere's stewardship after the founding father of the nation stepped down from the presidency and attempts to see where the country is headed without Mwalimu Nyerere on the scene. but has lived most of his life in the United States. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He also attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids in the same state.