Description
Product ID: | 9780821422601 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Ohio Short Histories of Africa |
Title: | Julius Nyerere |
Authors: | Author: Paul Bjerk |
Page Count: | 168 |
Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, African history, History, Colonialism and imperialism, Political leaders and leadership, African history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, Political leaders & leadership, Tanzania, 20th century |
Description: | Select Guide Rating With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in modern Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one of independent Africa’s most influential leaders. With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in modern Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one of independent Africa’s most influential leaders. He pursued his own brand of African socialism, called Ujamaa, with unquestioned integrity, and saw it profoundly influence movements to end 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. Eventually—unlike most of his contemporaries—Nyerere retired voluntarily from power, paving the way for peaceful electoral transitions in Tanzania that continue today. |
Imprint Name: | Ohio University Press |
Publisher Name: | Ohio University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-05-30 |