Remembering Nyerere in Tanzania
History, Memory, Legacy
This edited volume is about the rekindled investment in the figure of the first president Julius K. Nyerere in contemporary Tanzania. It explores how Nyerere is remembered by Tanzanians from different levels of society, in what ways and for what purposes. Looking into what Nyerere means and stands for today, it provides insight into the media, the political arena, poetry, the education sector, or street-corner talks.
The main argument of this book is that Nyerere has become a widely shared p...
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Éditeur : Africae, Mkuki na Nyota
Lieu d’édition : Nairobi
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 15 décembre 2020
ISBN numérique : 978-2-9573058-0-3
Collection : Africae Studies
Année d’édition : 2015
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-9987-753-26-0
Nombre de pages : xiv-337
Marie-Aude Fouéré
AcknowledgementsPart 1. ‘Capturing’ Julius Nyerere
Part 2. Entering and Securing the Political Space
Thomas Molony
Chapter 3. Julius Kambarage Nyerere: His Formative YearsEmma Hunter
Chapter 4. Julius Nyerere, the Arusha Declaration, and the Deep Roots of a Contemporary Political MetaphorPart 3. In Search of a Tutelary Figure
Kristin D. Phillips
Chapter 5. Nyerere’s Ghost: Political Filiation, Paternal Discipline, and the Construction of Legitimacy in Multiparty TanzaniaAikande Kwayu
Chapter 6. Different ‘Uses of Nyerere’ in the Constitutional Review Debates: A Touchstone For Legitimacy in TanzaniaPart 4. Julius Nyerere & His Critics
Marie-Aude Fouéré
Chapter 8. Recasting Julius Nyerere in Zanzibar: The Revolution, the Union and the Enemy of the NationPart 5. Politics & Poetry
Mary Ann Mhina
Chapter 10. The Poetry of an Orphaned Nation: Newspaper Poetry and the Death of NyererePart 6. Post-Mwalimu Education?
Olivier Provini
Chapter 11. The University of Dar es Salaam: A Post-Nyerere Institution of Higher Education?Legacies, Continuities and Changes in an Institutional Space (1961-2012)
This edited volume is about the rekindled investment in the figure of the first president Julius K. Nyerere in contemporary Tanzania. It explores how Nyerere is remembered by Tanzanians from different levels of society, in what ways and for what purposes. Looking into what Nyerere means and stands for today, it provides insight into the media, the political arena, poetry, the education sector, or street-corner talks.
The main argument of this book is that Nyerere has become a widely shared political metaphor used to debate and contest conceptions of the Tanzanian nation and Tanzanian-ness. The state-citizens relationship, the moral standards for the exercise of power, and the contours of national sentiment are under scrutiny when the figure of Nyerere is mobilized today.
The contributions gathered here come from a generation of budding or renown scholars in varied disciplines (history, anthropology, political science). Drawing upon materials collected through extensive fieldwork and archival research, they all critically engage the existing literature about Tanzania and prevailing political narratives to explore how nationhood is (re)imagined in Tanzania today through assent and contest.
Marie-Aude Fouéré (dir.)
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