Enter the Bulldozer
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As with any foundational figure, Julius #Nyerere’s memory bears all the contradictory passions of #Tanzania’s modern history, and his name becomes a talisman for all sorts of politically charged commentaries on history and its relevance for the present. This entire symbolic infrastructure is a means by which we explore the influence of the past upon […]
#WhatWouldNyerereDo ?
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Seventeen years ago today, Mwalimu Julius #Nyerere, Father of the Nation, passed away. For Tanzanians this amounts to a “where were you when…?” moment. I was in school that fateful Thursday when the bell unexpectedly rang and we learnt that Mwalimu (teacher in Swahili) had passed away in London, where he was being treated for […]