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.
Nyerereβs 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 β 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
- Biography : Julius Kambarage Nyerere
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- π» Link to all Hexbear comms https://hexbear.net/post/1403966
- πΌ Hexbear Matrix Chat https://matrix.to/#/#Hexbear:matrix.org
- π Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube](https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
- π₯ Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread https://hexbear.net/post/8026521
- β Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread https://hexbear.net/post/8030647
- π³οΈββ§οΈ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread https://hexbear.net/post/8034428
- π New Weekly Improvement thread https://hexbear.net/post/8027723
- 𧑠Disabled comm megathread https://hexbear.net/post/7886148
- β Parenting Chat https://hexbear.net/post/8025314
- π Anime & Manga discussion thread https://hexbear.net/post/7546692
- π©Fashion megathread https://hexbear.net/post/7228810
- π¨ Art & Drawings megathread https://hexbear.net/post/8070591
reminders:
- π You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- π Hexbearβs algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- π Sorting by new you nerd
- πΆ Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
- β€οΈFoundations of Leninism
- β€οΈAnarchism and Other Essays
Financial Support to the Bearsite
-
π¨π³ https://liberapay.com/hexbear
-
π·πΊ https://www.patreon.com/hexbear
I have such low expectations for TES 6
I hope they learn from their mistakes and borrow things people like about their earlier games and newer games like kingdom come deliverance, but this is the company that brought us starfield
The main problem with starfield was that it was a generic shit setting with shit writing, ES6 might still be shitty but it has so much established lore that at least mostly seems interesting even if some of it is really dumb
I wish they'd just make a game that's like ESO but without level scaling enemies and with co op but not a fucking MMO that seems literally designed around the question of "how can we use the craft bag and need for it to coerce subscription fees"
Like holy shit co op bethesda shit would be so much fun with my partner but it's like they have a team dedicated to making the worst MMOs ever designed, no co op single player
I still can't get over how fucked tto death disappointing it was playing FO76 and immediately realizing the very basic game designed conflicted with what the plot says you're doing. You take over a warehouse, build it up, it's a neat little base! You're rebuilding! Then you log out and back in and your in another instance and that warehouse is back as it was. 0 permanence outside of your personal base
years and years of people saying they want co-op in fallout and they make a shit-ass MMO instead
Spoilers here but i dont think anyone really cares about starfield being spoiled so the main quest they dont even try to make up something about the mystery behind space magic rocks bethesda just straight up essentially said "lol it doesnt matter if they are an alien or not, its just a way for ng+ and skyrim powers!". Like it being boring is so deliberate design its insulting. Jrpgs doesnt always best writing, but at least the popular ones are entertaining to experience at least.
The only time i feel as bored as I was playing starfield is the early parts of pillars 1 and thats because i was like 14 playing that game so I dont really pay attention to the story at that time.
Imagining kamala Harris "it was a debate" but with "it's a videogame"
Me too. I'm still interested in how it will turn out, but I know the next iteration of watered-down slop will not appeal to me.
I really just loved Morrowind, and didn't care about Oblivion or Skyrim very much. At this point, I have to come to terms with the fact that they (any AAA game dev studio really) is not in the business of making games with my tastes in mind.
inside me are two wolves:
