Happy Nyerere Day!

I was young when this man Died and all I knew was that he was the father of the nation not much but what I read in the books and the funny 'Kawawa' and 'Kifimbo' stories from my Grandma and Grandpa. The day he died, I was sad, but I didnt know exactly what a loss we as a country just had and what was our fate. Now am older and I see and everything soo clearly, on this day I'm more sadder and I wish there was a man with noble ambitions as him. Sad as I am, I'm happy enough to celebrate his life.
Read Nyerere Biograophy here
Julius K.Nyerere Through the Years

Nyerere Quotes
"Nikawaonyesha nyumba yangu wakasema 'mwalimu hapa ndo unapoishi?? Hii
nyumba ndogo sana' nikawauliza mi tembo?"

"Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my supportwill wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino."
"Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.”
“Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.”
“African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism”


“Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino.”
"It is stupid to rely on money as the major instrument of development when we know only too well that our country is poor.  It is equally stupid, indeed it is even more stupid, for us to imagine that we shall rid ourselves of our poverty through financial assistance rather than through our own financial resources.

"In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a man's skin the criteria for granting him civil rights."
"No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people."
"In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it."
"You don't have to be a Communist to see that China has a lot to teach us in development. The fact that they have a different political system than ours has nothing to do with it.

"...intellectuals have a special contribution to make to the development of our nation, and to Africa. And I am asking that their knowledge, and the greater understanding that they should possess, should be used for the benefit of the society of which we are all members."

"If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved."
"We can try to cut ourselves from our fellows on the basis of the education we have had; we can try to carve our for ourselves an unfair share of the wealth of the society. But the cost to us, as well as to our fellow citizens, will be very high. It will be high not only in terms of satisfactions forgone, but also in terms of our own security and well-being."


Nyerere Speech



Rose Nyerere Talks about the Last Days with Father
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