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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956920503321

Autore

Werrema Ibrahim John

Titolo

After 50 years : the promised land is still too far, 1961-2011 / / Ibrahim J. Werrema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2012

ISBN

9789987082070

9987082076

9781283639774

1283639777

9789987082131

9987082130

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Soggetti

HISTORY / Africa / East

Tanzania Economic conditions

Tanzania History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Title page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Country""; ""2. Former Presidents""; ""3. Social Services""; ""4. Economy""; ""5. Culture and Religion""; ""6. Political Situation""; ""7. The New Era""; ""Bibliography""; ""Back cover ""

Sommario/riassunto

The late Julius Kambarage Nyerere was nicknamed "Musa" (Moses) during the later, post-independence years for leading his people from slavery and guiding them toward a free land of prosperity - the Promised Land. The Tanzanian odyssey chronicled in this book, which first appeared ten years ago as Tanzanians to the Promised Land, has been updated with new research. The author- also an engineer and a journalist- offers an enlightened and unbiased discussion of the journey and both sides of the contributions - successes and failures - made by former presidents and their systems of administration: the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, Alhajj Ali H. Mwinyi, and Mr. Benjamin W. Mkapa. Tanzanians' hopes and expectations of the incumbent



president, H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, are also discussed. It is not intended as a political campaign of any kind, for any party or any individual. As a brief, yet comprehensive guide to the understanding of our nation's political and economic history, it puts forward suggestions concerning important areas of the country's economic development. Nyerere unfortunately didn't live to see his people arrive at the hoped-for destination, and I. J. Werrema's original inspiration to write, at forty years of independence, is sustained because after fifty years The Promised Land is Still Too Far.