Browsing by Author "Nyerere, Julius kambarage"

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    Socialism and rural development
    (Govt. Printer, 1967) Nyerere, Julius kambarage
    The traditional African family lived according to the basic principles of ujamaa. Its members did this unconsciously,and without any conception of what they were doing in political terms.They lived together and worked together because that was how they understood life,and how they reinforced each other against the difficulties they had to contend with-the uncertainties of weather and sickness,the depredations of wild animals(and sometimes human enemies),and the cycle of life and death. The results of their joint effort were divided unequally between them,but according to well-understood customs. And the division was always on the basis of the fact that every member of the family had to have enough to eat,some simple covering,and a place to sleep,before any of them(even the head of the family) had anything extra. The family members thought of themselves as one,and all their language and behavior emphasized their unity. The basic goods of life were "our food","our land","our cattle".And identity was established in terms of relationships; mother and father of so-and-so; daughter of so-and-so;wife of such and such person.They lived together and they worked together; and the result of their joint labour was the property of the family as a whole.
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    Tanzania miaka kumi baada ya uhuru
    (TANU National Conference, 1971) Nyerere, Julius kambarage
    Nilipokuwa Bagamoyo mwezi Desemba,1961 nilitoa tamko ambalo watu wengi walidhani kuwa ni ndoto tupu.Nilisema kuwa kwa muda wa miaka kumi ijayo wananchi wa Tanganyika wataweza kufanya mengi zaidi ya kuendeleza nchi yetu kuliko yote yaliyofanywa na wakoloni katika itatimia itakapofika Desemba 9 Mwaka huu. Je tumeikamilisha ahadi hiyo? Au jambo muhimu zaidi,maisha ya watu wa Tanzania leo yakoje? Tumepiga hatua gani katika kuushinda “umasikini , ujinga na maradhi” nilioutamka siku ile? Na vile vile,katika kujibu maswali hayo, yafaa tujiulize matatizo gani ya maendeleo tuliyoyapta kufika mwaka 1971.
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    Tanzania policy on foreign affairs
    (Information Service, 1967) Nyerere, Julius kambarage
    My first task today is a pleasant one-to welcome you all to Mwanza, and to the National Conference of TANU. I wish to give a special welcome to all those Delegates who are here as result of their compliance with the leadership qualifications of the Arusha Deceleration,and a friendly warning to others that the "year of grace " is running out ! But in addition I would like to express my own pleasure, and that of us all,in the presence of our guests from other African countries.President Obote;you are very welcome to this TANU Conference.You are no stranger to Tanzania,or to Mwanza either,you come here as an old and valued friend.Your presence on this occasion is special pleasure to us,both because of our old association,and also because of the difficulties which Uganda,under your leadership,has so recently overcome.
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    Tanzania ten years after independence
    (TANU National Conference, 1971) Nyerere, Julius kambarage
    In Bagamoyo in December,1961.I made what many people regarded as a rash statement.I said that in the coming ten years we, the people of Tanganyika,would do more to develop our country than the colonialist had done in the previous forty years. Those ten years will be up on 9th December this year.Have we justified my prophesy? More important, how does life feel to the people of Tanzania? What progress have we made in dealing with the "poverty, ignorance and disease" which I referred to on that day? And,following from that question, what new problems of development have we reached in 1971?This report is intended to give a general answer to those questions.It will reveal much that we can be proud of but also some things which give very little cause for satisfactions and really show only how far we have yet to go ,and how much we have to do . For over the past ten years we have made many mistakes and some of these we have hardly begun to correct.It is necessary that we face up to these matters now and realize the kind of effort which is called for .Yet in doing this we must not allow ourselves to be discouraged; for the truth is that we have done a great deal in the past ten years.We have made many changes,we have done a lot of building and we have now created a base from which our nation can advance more quickly and more freely in future.