Remembering Julius Nyerere in Tanzania

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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 renowned scholars in varied disciplines - history, anthropology and 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.

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• Publié par: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
• Date de parution: 06 novembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789987753475
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Marie-Aude Fouéré (Ed.)
REMEMBERING NYERERE IN TANZANIA
This edited volume is about the rekindled investment in the
figure of the first president Julius K. Nyerere in contemporary REMEMBERINGTanzania. It explores how Nyerere is remembered by REMEMBERINGTanzanians from different levels of society, in what ways and
for what purposes. Looking into what Nyerere means and NYERERE
stands for today, it provides insight into the media, the political
arena, poetry, the education sector, or street-corner talks. IN TANZANIANYERERE
The main argument of this book is that Nyerere has become a HISTORY MEMORY LEGACY
widely shared political metaphor used to debate and contest IN TANZANIA
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.(re)imagined in Tanzania today through consent and contest.
EDITED BY
MARIE AUDE FOUÉRÉ REMEMBERING JULIUS
NYERERE IN TANZANIA
History, Memory, Legacy
Edited by Marie-Aude Fouérépublished by
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Acknowledgements.................................................... vii
Authors............................................................... ix
Acronyms ............................................................ xiii
PART 1: ‘CAPTURING’ JULIUS NYERERE
Chapter 1
“Julius Nyerere”: Te Man, the Word, and the Order of Discourse
Marie-Aude Fouéré......................................................3
Chapter 2
Julius Nyerere, Ujamaa and Political Morality in Contemporary
Tanzania
Marie-Aude Fouéré 33
PART 2: ENTERING AND SECURING THE POLITICAL SPACE
Chapter 3
Julius Kambarage Nyerere: His Formative Years
Tomas Molony 65Chapter 4
Julius Nyerere, the Arusha Declaration, and the Deep Roots of a
Contemporary Political Metaphor
Emma Hunter .........................................................73
PART 3: IN SEARCH OF A TUTELARY FIGURE
Chapter 5
Nyerere’s Ghost: Political Filiation, Paternal Discipline, and the
Construction of Legitimacy in Multiparty Tanzania
Kristin D. Phillip ......................................................s 97
Chapter 6
Diferent ‘Uses of Nyerere’ in the Constitutional Review Debates:
A Touchstone for Legitimacy in Tanzania
Aikande C. Kwayu.................................................... 127
PART 4: JULIUS NYERERE & HIS CRITICS
Chapter 7
Julius Rex: Nyerere through the Eyes of His Critics,
1953-2013
James R. Brennan .................................................... 143
Chapter 8
Julius Nyerere in Zanzibar: Te Revolution, the Union and the
Enemy of the Nation
Marie-Aude Fouéré................................................... 171
PART 5: POLITICS & POETRY
Chapter 9
Tanzanian Newspaper Poetry: Political Commentary in Verse
Kelly Askew ......................................................... 213Chapter 10
Te Poetry of an Orphaned Nation: Newspaper Poetry and the Death
of Nyerere
Mary Ann Mhina .................................................... 251
PART 6: POST-MWALIMU EDUCATION?
Chapter 11
Te University of Dar es Salaam: A Post-Nyerere Institution of
Higher Education? Legacies, Continuities and Changes in an
Institutional Space (1961-2012)
Olivier Provini....................................................... 277
Chapter 12
Ward Secondary Schools, Elite Narratives and Nyerere’s Legacy
Sonia Languille ...................................................... 303Acknowledgements
Tis volume has its origin in my encounter with the fgure of Julius
Kambarage Nyerere as it was narrated in the Tanzanian media in the
early 2000s. Tis triggered a quest for understanding the appropriation
of, or detachment from, Mwalimu in contemporary Tanzania that
took several years and followed diferent paths. Along the way, I soon
discovered that my interest was shared with many other scholars in
Tanzania and abroad, most of them senior academics while I was still a
budding researcher. Te present book embodies this collective endeavour
to give insight into the collective memories and narratives that make
Nyerere thep rimus inter pares – to be lionized, or to be debunked –
in Tanzania. I would like to thank all the contributors for embracing
the idea of this edited volume when I approached them and for their
patience throughout the long process until its actual publication. Each
contribution casts a diferent light on the theme discussed, but resonates
with all the others contributions, thus resulting in both a tuned and
complementary collection.
Tis collection is defnitely not a biography of Julius Nyerere, even
less another tribute or hagiography of Tanganyika’s then Tanzania’s frst
president. It does not aim either at evaluating the politics of Nyerere’s
time – assessing one more time Ujamaa’s successes and shortcomings
– or digging into the relation between Nyerere’s personality, political
thought and political action. Rather, this book is about how Nyerere is i
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remembered by Tanzanians from all levels of society, in what ways, on
which occasions, and for what purposes. It is about what Julius Nyerere
stands for today, as well as about his legacy, in relation to collective
representations and practices of what the Tanzanian nation was, is and
should be. Te few contributions that slightly depart from this overall
frame of analysis about contemporary political imagination provide
essential historical elements for the readers to understand the issues at
stake.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Walter Bgoya for his
enthusiastic and enduring support since the beginning of this project,
and to his son Mkuki Bgoya. Te introduction to the volume gained
from the watchful eye of Joost Fontein, Hervé Maupeu, Sandrine Perrot
and Justin Willis. James Brennan has always showed supportive of my
work, not only prompting discussions but also providing rich scholarly
insights. William Bissell and Martin Walsh are thanked for setting the
bar high when commenting upon some early writings. Other friends
and colleagues shared their views at diferent steps of this work. Tis
volume owes them all a great debt as they defnitely enriched my
understanding and enabled me to supervise it. I would like to thank
in particular Hélène Charton, Dominique Connan, Jean Copans,
Christine Deslaurier, Eloi Ficquet, Ahmed Gurnah, Muhammad Juma,
Kjell Havnevik, Emma Hunter, Jérôme Lafargue, Amos Mhina, Tomas
Molony, Haroub Othman, Jean-Claude Penrad, Ahmed Rajab, Alain
Ricard, Mohamed Saleh, Etienne Smith, and Iain Walker.
Contributors are indebted to the Tanzanian Commission for Science
and Technology (COSTECH), the National Archives and the Zanzibar
Government for enabling them to conduct research in Tanzania. Te
Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (MNF), through its Executive Director
Joseph Butiku, always remains a thoughtful interlocutor. In the
preparation of the manuscript, I am most grateful to the patient and
efcient team of Mkuki na Nyota. Te introduction tremendously
beneftted from the work of Suzan Nolan and Leila Whittemore,
language editors at BlueSky International. Lastly, this edited volume
would not have been possible without the continuous backing of the
French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) in Nairobi, Kenya.Authors
Kelly Askew is Director of the African Studies Center and Associate
Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican/African Studies
at the University of Michigan. Her works includPe erforming the
Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (University
o