This work looks at Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanganyika - later Tanzania - from different perspectives as a leader who played the most important role in shaping the destiny of his country after it won independence from Britain on 9 December 1961. He also helped shape the destiny of his continent because of the leading role he played in the liberation struggle in the countries of southern Africa which were still under white minority rule. The work also looks at Nyerere simply as a person whose values and commitment to the wellbeing of others thrust him into a position of...

This work looks at some of the major politial thinkers of post-colonial Africa. They are also some of the most influential on the continent and beyond. They tried to find a place for Africa in the world as an entity with its own unique identity capable of choosisng its own path towards unity and development, a third way that is not defined or dictated by the East or the West or by any other political and idelogical camp. Their ideas and philosophies continue to resonate and have an impact on Africa today as the people try to find solutions to their own problems, focusing on solutions within...