He handpicked his two successors, Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, and remained chairman of his political party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, for five years after his formal retirement.
He handpicked his two successors, Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, and remained chairman of his political party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, for five years after his formal retirement. Originally a teacher, he turned to politics exclusively after being told by the colonial authorities that he could do one or the other. A pan-Africanist, he provided homes to Mozambique's FRELIMO and South Africa's ANC. His stay at Edinburgh University and exposure to Fabian ideas may have influenced the program announced in the Arusha declaration setting forth his program of ujamaa socialism. FTP, name this leader who unified Zanzibar with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
He handpicked his two successors, Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, and remained chairman of his political party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, for five years after his formal retirement.
Julius Kambarage {Nyerere}