Meet the man behind Mwalimu Nyerere’s pictures

Adarsh Nayar holds one of the many images of Mwalimu he took throughout his career.

The image would become a popular one in many government offices and has served as an official portrait.

PHOTO | SALHIM SHAO.

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He rushed to his dark room at the then Tanzania Standard Newspapers (TSN) offices on Azikiwe Street and printed it for the next day’s papers.