Dar es Salaam. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Tanzania’s revered founding father, was a man of deep convictions. His vision for the young nation was rooted in socialism, self-reliance, and the communal spirit of Ujamaa, outlined in his 1967 Arusha Declaration.
But by the early-1980s, that vision was unraveling and Tanzania was slipping into an economic crisis.