Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere was the first head of state of independent Tanganyika (later Tanzania) and a prominent figure in the African nationalist movement of the 1960s. In Ujamaa: Essays in Socialism, a collection of essays and speeches, Nyerere formulates a vision of a socialist society based on traditional African society, especially the traditional institution of ujamaa, a Swahili word referring to extended family relations. Nyerere maintains traditional African society was a socialist society, characterized by limited levels of inequality and the absence of class divisions that characterized the traditional empires in many regions of the world.
Nyerere, Julius. 1968. Ujamaa: Essays in Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Julius Nyerere was the first head of state of independent Tanganyika (later Tanzania) and a prominent figure in the African nationalist movement of the 1960s. In Ujamaa: Essays in Socialism, a collection of essays and speeches, Nyerere formulates a vision of a socialist society based on traditional African society, especially the traditional institution of ujamaa, a Swahili word referring to extended family relations. Nyerere maintains traditional African society was a socialist society, characterized by limited levels of inequality and the absence of class divisions that characterized the traditional empires in many regions of the world.
Nyerere, Julius. 1968. Ujamaa: Essays in Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press.