Audio By Vocalize In a lecture delivered at Egerton University more than two decades ago, renowned Tanzanian Kiswahili scholar Prof Tigiti Sengo made disturbing claims about Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and his translation endeavours. …
… Behind that miracle stood Pan-Africanists — Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Samora Machel, Kenneth Kaunda, and Kwame Nkrumah, who sacrificed so much for Mandela's release and majority rule. …
… Her state visit to Russia is the first by a Tanzanian president since the country's founding father, Julius Nyerere, travelled there in October 1969. …
… She brings a business delegation to Moscow hoping to cement deals in trade, tourism and minerals during the first state visit to Russia by a Tanzanian president since the country's founding father, Julius Nyerere, travelled there in October 1969. …
In the 1940s and 50s, across Africa, men such as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia were sent to the West. …
… He reminded the House that Kenya and Tanzania’s founding leaders, Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, envisioned a united East Africa built on cooperation rather than isolation. …
… The President paid tribute to founding leaders Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, saying they laid the foundation for regional unity and cooperation. …
… Ruto's clarification came during the Kenya-Tanzania Business Forum at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam on Monday, May 4, 2026, where Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan raised concerns over the announcement. …
A Tanzanian Kiswahili scholar has claimed that Julius Nyerere may not have translated Shakespeare's plays into Kiswahili as credited, suggesting instead that translator Abdillahi Nassir performed the work and that Nyerere's name was used for political reasons. The scholar also argued that Nyerere opportunistically appropriated Kiswahili for political gain rather than being genuinely committed to the language's development.
A Tanzanian Kiswahili scholar has claimed that Julius Nyerere may not have translated Shakespeare's plays into Kiswahili as credited, suggesting instead that translator Abdillahi Nassir performed the work and that Nyerere's name was used for political reasons. The scholar also argued that Nyerere opportunistically appropriated Kiswahili for political gain rather than being genuinely committed to the language's development.
An opinion piece argues that teaching develops communication, patience, organization, critical thinking and the power to influence society, with examples including Julius Nyerere, John Pombe Magufuli, Robert Mugabe, Kwame Nkrumah, Kenneth Kaunda, Goodluck Jonathan, and Mwai Kibaki.
An opinion piece argues that xenophobic attacks in South Africa contradict the Pan-African ideals of liberation leaders who fought for Mandela's release, and exposes the continent's inability to support regional migration despite South Africa's wealth as Africa's richest nation with a GDP of about $400 billion.
An opinion piece reflecting on Kenya's repeated headlines of billions stolen or lost, arguing that societies decline quietly through moral erosion rather than dramatic events, comparing current conditions to concerns raised by Julius Nyerere about the collapse of social ethos.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan began a three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting Vladimir Putin at a time when her country's reputation in the West has been badly damaged by accusations of massacring people during election unrest and conducting abductions and murders of critics. Putin, one of the first to congratulate Hassan on her election victory, called for increased bilateral trade during their televised meeting.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan begins a three-day state visit to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, after Western diplomats and rights groups accused her government of massacring hundreds of people during election unrest in October and conducting abductions and murders of critics. The U.S. has said it is reviewing relations with Tanzania and last week sanctioned a senior police officer over torture allegations, while Putin congratulated Hassan for winning 98 percent of the vote and relations between Tanzania and Russia have been warming.
An opinion piece examining how Kenyan diaspora remittances are valued economically while their ideas and expertise face institutional resistance upon return, drawing parallels to post-independence nation-builders like Tom Mboya's airlifts programme.
President William Ruto addressed the Tanzanian Parliament, calling for deeper investment ties between Kenya and Tanzania and warning against competition and suspicion that have fragmented East African markets. He expressed Kenya's commitment to regional integration, including support for a proposed oil refinery in Tanga.
President William Ruto addressed the Tanzania Parliament in Dodoma during a state visit, opening with a humorous speech about Kiswahili's "journey" across East Africa before switching to English. He paid tribute to founding leaders Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta, emphasizing the importance of regional unity and integration.
President Ruto was forced to clarify remarks on a proposed oil refinery in Tanga, Tanzania, after President Samia Suluhu publicly questioned his announcement of the project during a Kenya-Tanzania Business Forum in Dar es Salaam on May 4, 2026, saying he announced it without her government's knowledge.