{"id":42827,"date":"2021-12-09T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=42827"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:01:44","slug":"rwanda-president-kagame-in-tanzania-for-independence-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/rwanda-president-kagame-in-tanzania-for-independence-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame in Tanzania for Independence Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame on Wednesday flew to neighbouring Tanzania to attend the country\u2019s 61th independence anniversary usually celebrated on December 9.<\/p>\n

Tanzania received its independence from the British in 1961 of Tanganyika which later merged with Zanzibar in 1964 to become Tanzania.<\/p>\n

Tanzania\u2019s independence movement started in 1954 and was led by Julius Nyerere, who co-founded the \u201cTanganyika African National Union (TANU)\u201d. He was educated in Uganda and Scotland and began voicing his anti-colonial, Africanist political agenda when he returned to his country.<\/p>\n

Nyerere was inspired by the non-violent independence movement waged by Mahatma Gandhi in India and advocated for a similar resistance in Tanganyika. He was instrumental in uniting several tribal factions over the region to launch a united front against the British.<\/p>\n

Elected to the General Council in the national elections of 1958\u201359, Nyerere, known as teacher or \u2018Mwalimu\u2019 in Swahili because of his teaching career, became the first President of an independent Tanganyika in 1961.<\/p>\n

It became a Republic the next year and merged with Zanzibar in 1964 after they overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar. This is when the name of the country changed to Tanzania.<\/p>\n

He was also a socialist who laid down state-ownership policies for services and community ownership for farms. When his plans failed to make Tanzania self-reliant, he became the first African leader to voluntarily resign from office.<\/p>\n

He remains a respected figure in the region because of his ethical principles. Incidentally, the current ruling party, which is also the only party to have ruled the country, \u2018Chama Cha Mapinduzi\u2019, is an extension of TANU after it merged with the Afro-Shirazi party of Zanzibar.<\/p>\n

Currently, most of the Zanzibar archipelago remains a semi-autonomous region of the country with a flag that is a variation of the flag of Tanzania.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Tanzania<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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