John Mwakangale

John Benedict Mugogo Mwakangale (amezaliwa 13 Novemba, 1923 – amefariki Januari, 2002) alikuwa shujaa wa ukombozi na mwanasiasa wa Tanzania, ambaye alikuwa Kamishna wa Kanda wa kwanza Dodoma (1962–1967), Mbeya (1964–1965), Tabora (1967–1968), na Iringa (1968–1970). Alikuwa mmoja wa viongozi wakuu katika harakati za uhuru wa Tanganyika (1961–1964) sasa sehemu ya Tanzania wakati wa utawala wa kikoloni wa Uingereza.Mwakikagile Godfrey, Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, New Africa Press (2010), Fifth Edition, Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 94, 105, 112, 119, 329–330, 492Illife, John, A Modern History of Tanganyika, Cambridge University Press (1979), Cambridge, pp. 560, 565Aminzade, Ronald, Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Tanzania, New York, Cambridge University Press(2013), p. 16Longford, Michael, The Flags Changed at Midnight: Towards the Independence of Tanganyika, Gracwing (2001), Leominster, Herefordshire, U.K., p. 48. Baada ya nchi kupata uhuru, Mwakangale aliingia katika baraza la mawaziri la kwanza la Julius Nyerere, Rais wa kwanza wa Tanzania kama Waziri wa Kazi. Mwakangale pia anachukuliwa kuwa mfuatiliaji wa Pan-Afrika na shabiki makini wa utaifa wa Kiafrika. Pia alikuwa kiongozi wa kwanza aliyekutana na Nelson Mandela mwaka 1962 alipokimbia gerezani akitafuta msaada kutoka kwa viongozi wengine wa Kiafrika. Mandela alielezea kwa undani tukio hilo katika kitabu chake Long Walk to Freedom.

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Wakati Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) ilipoanzishwa huko Dar es Salaam mnamo Julai 1954 chini ya uongozi wa Julius Nyerere — ili kuongoza harakati za uhuru, Mwakangale alikua mmoja wa viongozi wake mashuhuri zaidi nchini na katika Mkoa wa Southern Highlands.Mwakikagile, Godfrey, The African Liberation Struggle: Reflections, Intercontinental Books (2018), p. 85,  (last retrieved 6 December 2018)Illife, John, A Modern History of Tanganyika, Cambridge University Press (1979), Cambridge, pp. 560, 565Aminzade, Ronald, Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Tanzania, New York, Cambridge University Press(2013), p. 16Longford, Michael, The Flags Changed at Midnight: Towards the Independence of Tanganyika, Gracwing (2001), Leominster, Herefordshire, U.K., p. 48.

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Jamii:Wanasiasa wa Tanzania