Salim legacy fuels debate on self-reliance across Africa

Ambassador John Ulanga, Director of Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cuts a ribbon to officially launch an exhibition of Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, a former the  then  Organisation of African Union ( OAU, now African Union- AU) that was organised by Kengo Limited and supported by Karimjee Foundation at National Museum in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT

Dar es Salaam. A month-long exhibition celebrating the legacy of former African diplomat Salim Ahmed Salim has opened at the National Museum of Tanzania, drawing diplomats, scholars and policymakers into renewed debate on Africa’s economic independence and its reliance on foreign capital.

The exhibition, hosted at the National Museum of Tanzania in collaboration with the Salim Ahmed Salim Digital Archives, features photographs, speeches, diplomatic records and correspondence documenting Dr Salim’s long career in African and international diplomacy.