Mr. Nyerere led the drive for the independence of his East African nation from British rule and, in 1962, became the first president of what then was Tanganyika.

Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honoured with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from ...

Julius Nyerere, African socialist . I have turned "Black World" over to Kevin Anderson this month for the following in memoriam to former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere who died in October.-Lou ...

For all of the shortcomings of Nyerere’s regime, his ideas continue to inspire Tanzanians fighting for a more equal and democratic future, over 20 years after his death.

Mr. Mwinyi, center, posed in 1985 with Tanzania’s departing president, Julius Nyerere, left, and Idris Abdul Wakil, who took over as president of Zanzibar. Tanzania was formed by the merger of ...