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The British were Mandated to rule Tanganyika by the League of Nations after the Second World War under the terms that the colonial power should hand over the running of the country to Tanganyikans when they demanded it. TANZANIA@ 50 -UK DIASPORA CELEBRATIONS
The Mainland part of the United Republic of Tanzania, Tanganyika, is celebrating 50 years of Independence, climaxing on December 9 this year. A Golden Jubilee, if you want, a momentous moment for the people of Tanzania Mainland.
A civil servant born on Independence Day has only ten years left before his or her compulsory retirement. That is what it means to a 50-year old civil servant in Tanzania. Fifty years ago this nation was born after a long colonial domination of the Arabs, the Germans and the British.
THE TANZANIA TWANGA PEPETA BAND PERFORMED TO MARK THE CELEBRATIONS
The British were Mandated to rule Tanganyika by the League of Nations after the Second World War under the terms that the colonial power should hand over the running of the country to Tanganyikans when they demanded it.
The British were Mandated to rule Tanganyika by the League of Nations after the Second World War under the terms that the colonial power should hand over the running of the country to Tanganyikans when they demanded it.
The country is not ready for independence; the natives are not yet literate enough to govern themselves," they would say. It had to take the genius in the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere to convince the United Nations that Tanganyika was, indeed, ready for independence
There is a school of thought that argues that Tanganyika gained its independence relatively easily because of the fact that it was a Mandate, and there is some truth in it.
However, the situation on ground was different, the colonial masters were not prepared to relinquish power because that would mean risking losing a hefty amount of cheap material resources which they were siphoning away to their motherland.
The late Mwalimu was encouraged by the support of the masses for the political party he founded on July 7, 1954, the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), to risk his teaching job and dedicate his time to the struggle for independence. It is under the same political party that Tanganyika got rid of British domination in 1961.
But the history of Tanganyika as a nation had to end about three years later, when in Zanzibar, the Afro Shirazi Party which emerged also in the 1950's and toppled the arab rule on the island in 1964 and formed the Republic of Zanzibar under the able leadership of the late Sheikh Abeid Aman Karume.
The Republic of Tanganyika and the Republic of Zanzibar agreed to forego their nationhood and merge into the United Republic of Tanzania on May 26, 1964.
But before the merger between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Tanganyika had made some advancement on the political front
The visionary Mwalimu Nyerere and foreseen the danger of a segmented young nation in the form of tribal chiefdoms and moved to dismantle the chiefdoms and urged the respective chiefs to rally their people for a united, strong nationhood. He also saw the need to further strengthen the unity of the young nation by popularising Kiswahili as the national language
The language is now spoken throughout the country except in a few pockets. The recent revelation in some parts of Igunga district that there are still some people who are strangers to Kiswahili language came as a surprise to any Tanzanians. This is not a small challenge to a country which celebrates 50 years of nationhood.
This required a voter to cast three votes, one for a black African, a second for an Asian and a third for a whiteman. Mtevu and several other TANU delegates wanted TANU to boycott the election. Again, it took Mwalimu Nyerere's logical persuasion to convince TANU delegates to agree to the system and eventually won the day
The Mainland part of the United Republic of Tanzania, Tanganyika, is celebrating 50 years of Independence, climaxing on December 9 this year. A Golden Jubilee, if you want, a momentous moment for the people of Tanzania Mainland.
A civil servant born on Independence Day has only ten years left before his or her compulsory retirement. That is what it means to a 50-year old civil servant in Tanzania. Fifty years ago this nation was born after a long colonial domination of the Arabs, the Germans and the British.
THE TANZANIA TWANGA PEPETA BAND PERFORMED TO MARK THE CELEBRATIONS
The British were Mandated to rule Tanganyika by the League of Nations after the Second World War under the terms that the colonial power should hand over the running of the country to Tanganyikans when they demanded it.
The British were Mandated to rule Tanganyika by the League of Nations after the Second World War under the terms that the colonial power should hand over the running of the country to Tanganyikans when they demanded it.
The country is not ready for independence; the natives are not yet literate enough to govern themselves," they would say. It had to take the genius in the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere to convince the United Nations that Tanganyika was, indeed, ready for independence
There is a school of thought that argues that Tanganyika gained its independence relatively easily because of the fact that it was a Mandate, and there is some truth in it.
However, the situation on ground was different, the colonial masters were not prepared to relinquish power because that would mean risking losing a hefty amount of cheap material resources which they were siphoning away to their motherland.
The late Mwalimu was encouraged by the support of the masses for the political party he founded on July 7, 1954, the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), to risk his teaching job and dedicate his time to the struggle for independence. It is under the same political party that Tanganyika got rid of British domination in 1961.
But the history of Tanganyika as a nation had to end about three years later, when in Zanzibar, the Afro Shirazi Party which emerged also in the 1950's and toppled the arab rule on the island in 1964 and formed the Republic of Zanzibar under the able leadership of the late Sheikh Abeid Aman Karume.
The Republic of Tanganyika and the Republic of Zanzibar agreed to forego their nationhood and merge into the United Republic of Tanzania on May 26, 1964.
But before the merger between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Tanganyika had made some advancement on the political front
The visionary Mwalimu Nyerere and foreseen the danger of a segmented young nation in the form of tribal chiefdoms and moved to dismantle the chiefdoms and urged the respective chiefs to rally their people for a united, strong nationhood. He also saw the need to further strengthen the unity of the young nation by popularising Kiswahili as the national language
The language is now spoken throughout the country except in a few pockets. The recent revelation in some parts of Igunga district that there are still some people who are strangers to Kiswahili language came as a surprise to any Tanzanians. This is not a small challenge to a country which celebrates 50 years of nationhood.
This required a voter to cast three votes, one for a black African, a second for an Asian and a third for a whiteman. Mtevu and several other TANU delegates wanted TANU to boycott the election. Again, it took Mwalimu Nyerere's logical persuasion to convince TANU delegates to agree to the system and eventually won the dayApart from establishing Kiswahili as a national language to forge national unity, Mwalimu Nyerere believed multiple political parties, in a nation with hundreds of ethnic groups, were a threat to national unity and therefore sought ways to ensure a one party system. A referendum that followed supported Nyerere's idea of one party system.
This was helped by the fact that the existing political parties then were so weak and inconsequential that they seemed to be there in name only. The country then embarked on a course of democracy within a one-party state, and TANU was the only recognised political party and all candidates for any office were TANU members.
This was helped by the fact that the existing political parties then were so weak and inconsequential that they seemed to be there in name only. The country then embarked on a course of democracy within a one-party state, and TANU was the only recognised political party and all candidates for any office were TANU members.
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