Mwalimu was a long-term friend of educators, and particularly adult educators. The news of Nyerere's death was announced at the United Nations by Namibian Foreign Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab, the President of the General Assembly. While making the announcement, Gurirab was probably remembering that many years before that moment, in the midst of African's liberation struggles, he found refuge from persecution in Nyerere's Tanzania. These laudatory words of mourning were shared by most Tanzanians in the streets and by many African leaders. Among them was former South African President Nelson Mandela, who said that Nyerere was one of Africa's greatest patriots and a friend of the oppressed.
World mourns death of Tanzania's founder.
Julius Nyerere was inspiration to a generation of Africans. The Toronto Star, October 15, A24. Please don't bother the canaries. Paulo Freire and the International Council for Adult Education. Convergence V. XXXI, 1-2, pp.