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Julius Nyerere, born on this day in 1922, was a socialist and anti-colonial Tanzanian politician who promoted a Pan-Africanist ideology known as Ujamaa, which means "extended family" or "brotherhood" in Swahili.

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was born on April 13, 1922 in Butiama, on the eastern shore of lake Victoria in north west Tanganyika. His father was the chief of the small Zanaki tribe. He was 12 before he started school (he had to walk 26 miles to Musoma to do so). Later, he transferred for his secondary education to the Tabora Government Secondary School. His intelligence was quickly recognized by the Roman Catholic fathers who taught him. He went on, with their help, to train as a teacher at Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda). On gaining his Certificate, he taught for three years and then went on a government scholarship to study history and political economy for his Master of Arts at the University of Edinburgh (he was the first Tanzanian to study at a British university and only the second to gain a university degree outside Africa. In Edinburgh, partly through his encounter with Fabian thinking, Nyerere began to develop his particular vision of connecting socialism with African communal living.

On his return to Tanganyika, Nyerere was forced by the colonial authorities to make a choice between his political activities and his teaching. He was reported as saying that he was a schoolmaster by choice and a politician by accident. Working to bring a number of different nationalist factions into one grouping he achieved this in 1954 with the formation of TANU (the Tanganyika African National Union). He became President of the Union (a post he held until 1977), entered the Legislative Council in 1958 and became chief minister in 1960. A year later Tanganyika was granted internal self-government and Nyerere became premier. Full independence came in December 1961.

In 1962, Nyerere was elected the first president of Tanganyika, a predecessor to modern Tanzania and a newly independent republic. His administration emphasized decolonizing society and the state, also unsuccessfully pursuing a Pan-Africanist East African Federation with Uganda and Kenya.

In 1967, Nyerere issued the "Arusha Declaration", forbidding government leaders from owning shares or holding directorates in private companies, receiving more than one salary, or owning any houses that they rented to others. In compliance with this declaration, Nyerere sold his second home and his wife donated her poultry farm to a local co-operative.

Nyerere’s integrity, ability as a political orator and organizer, and readiness to work with different groupings was a significant factor in independence being achieved without bloodshed. In this he was helped by the co-operative attitude of the last British governor — Sir Richard Turnbull. In 1964, following a coup in Zanzibar (and an attempted coup in Tanganyika itself) Nyerere negotiated with the new leaders in Zanzibar and agreed to absorb them into the union government. The result was the creation of the Republic of Tanzania.

Nyerere's government also aided in liberation struggles elsewhere in Africa, training and aiding anti-apartheid South African groups and helping to depose Ugandan ruler Idi Amin. In 1985, Nyerere stepped down as President and was succeeded by Ali Hassan Mwinyi in a notably peaceful and stable transition of power.

"Unity will not make us rich, but it can make it difficult for Africa and the African peoples to be disregarded and humiliated."

Julius Nyerere

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[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Learning Japanese, pretty fun. I missed learning a language and it's something I've been meaning to do that I haven't been doing for like my entire adult life. Practicing reading hiragana (and starting katakana) is already fun. Since I play Street Fighter I'm often checking out Japanese players and it's like every bit of hiragana I see is a fun pop quiz.

[-] forcefemjdwon@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Happy Yuri's Night everyone

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[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

when people get really into guns it's like a brain parasite taking over their mind for the purpose of reproducing more guns, it's crazy. I've been dealing with some gun shop owners recently for business reasons and I can't have a single conversation without them complaining about some (reasonable IMO) gun law or saying things will change for the better now that Trump's in.

It's also like they're constantly dropping dogwhistles and baiting for call/response shibboleths.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

'Is it worth being gay rn? I heard bisexuality was coming out as free dlc in few months and the ace patch is still being worked on.' - one of the first people in the matrix while they were working on it

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[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

My dumb stupid fucking life fucking dumb opinions nd thoughts fuck

[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

2 more meeses successfully captured and released

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many corporations besides apple filled cargo planes with high margin goods over the past week lol.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

2 drinks and I'm done? Damn

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[-] PeeNutButtHer@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

first we hex, then we bear. Let's hexbear!

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[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I'm doing such a bad job at doing what I'm supposed to do with therapy. I was told I have to do the uncomfortable thing and invite people to things that cost little or no money. But I'm doing such a bad job at doing that, and I get really in my head, start thinking about what might happen during there, get really presumptuous, think everyone will hate me after hanging out with me, and I feel guilty.

[-] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I feel like the shift has happened. The sun is setting on America and rising on China.

[-] Wmill@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Real nice dream, dreamt I was on a date. This woman I knew was practically naked on my bed, I asked her if she wanted to make out and she said later so we started to watch one piece. Eventually it became a thing and more people showed up to watch with us and I was having the time of my life laugh and making jokes while watching one piece.

[-] PeeNutButtHer@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

My name is Skyler White, yo! rizz

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I thought of a new culture war grift, how do I go make money from it? The grift is a new kind of guy, anti belts and elastic waistbands b/c they squeeze your organs or something

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[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Finally went to a show after months of anxiety about going to one in my town. It was small with home bands playing; felt good to be social and just feel some fucking music. Hope I can ease myself bsck into going toshows regularly

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just making up additional George Carlinisms for fun. "Here's another bunch of people who oughtta be inflated with hydrogen and tied off like asshole party balloons..."

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Once just an ordinary makeup saleswoman, Fran Fine's life would forever change after being bitten by a radioactive broken home. Now with superhuman style and flare, wherever there is Injustice she will be there. Because that fateful day is how she became "The Nanny"

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

What is it with guys, especially those that have sunk into the manosphere, being so obsessed with other guys flirting with their girlfriends (actual or hypothetical)? I got a couple of former coworkers that I still talk to and have been motivating each other to get in shape. And I'd be a lot closer with the if it weren't for the fact that they're both so into that type of shit among other things. This conversation point has come up so much and I'm just so over it.

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[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

be gay, do crime

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

objects at rest tend to stay at rest which is why I'm typing this post on my phone instead of loading my garbage into my car

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Nsfw bit

spoiler

Hello, welcome to Boonta Vista. I'm Theo, and I'm driving my ford fiesta to cuckoldsville. Someone is rooting my wife, and im happy with that!

Here is the man who's deep dicking my wife right now, it's Andrew! Hi andrew, how are you enjoying the coitus.

Andrew: I'm loving it. I'm getting all up in it.

Lucy: would you say you're balls deep?

Andrew: No, I wouldn't, we're starting off slow. I've poured us each a glass of Merlot, cos I know we've got time. We're probably approaching something what the younger listeners may call 'heavy petting'

Lucy: Sounds lovely.

Theo: I'm a little disappointed to be honest. But. We'll move on. Peeping in through the curtains to the bedroom, wiping the accumulated condensation on the glass to see better it's the Creepy Peeping Tom, Tom Walker! Hi Creepy Peepy Tom!

Tom: demonic cackle ELLLOOOOO I'm the creepy peppy tom here to get my jollies from watching unmarried couples in flagrante delicto

Theo: and for this bit to work you have to imagine that I derive pleasure by proxy, knowing that Peeping Tom is watching.

Tom: Peepy Tom.

Theo: huh?

Tom: Peepy Tom. I'm Peepy Tom.

Theo: as in... Peepee Tom?

Tom: if you'd like.

Demi (from five rooms away somehow): TAKE ME TO WET AND WILD WATERWORLD BABY COS I'M GUNNA TAKE A DIVE

(all laugh)

Ben (interrupting): now, I love the intro and what you've got going here, but I do want to point out that condensation accumulates inside the window not outside

Lucy: from the inside

Theo: what did I say?

Ben: you said Peepee Tom wiped away the condensation, so that would mean he's inside the room in which the cuckoldry is taking place

Theo: Ummm... yeah sure let's go with that

Ben: wonderful, glad to get that out of the way. Will we introduce Lucy and myself here or do you think that's delving a bit much into your psyche for a sunday morning.

Theo: probably best we didn't

Lucy: thank you.


[-] Arahnya@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

An old woman once told me: "drink the salty sea water, its good for you! siiiiiip"

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[-] Babs@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

pressing my tofu with a landmine, call it landmine tofu

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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Which James Bond would be best at Goldeneye on N64?

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I feel like the optimal retaliation for Trump’s tariffs is every country places an export ban on whatever good he gave tariff exemptions to.

[-] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Every time I get drunk I start to understand why my dad was an alcoholic lmao

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[-] PeeNutButtHer@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Laying in bed and listening to a bit of music before sleeping. I was listening to The Shags Philosophy of the World and the song Parents hit me like a truck. Being forced to make music by your shitty parents then having to write a song about how great parents are is just so sad. Having to pretend to love your parents out of safety is a very particular and horrible feeling

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago
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[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

So what are we thinking? Still a possibility there will be a recession? 😬

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I kind of enjoy how these guys brainstorm ways to revolutionize industries and that’s not even how the industry works. Ad agencies don’t charge you for making the ad, they charge you for getting the ad on air. Which isn’t even saying big anything deep, it’s amazing how they have zero sense of this stuff.

[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

La existencia del sudoku implica una oku del norte.

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[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I'm very honored that they chose my post to libbing-out

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