Nyerere - the passing of a giant.

African Business | December 1, 1999| | Copyright

We dedicate this month's column to one of Africa's greatest leaders, Mwalimu (teacher in Kiswahili) Julius Kambarage Nyerere who died of leukemia on 14 October, 1999. Although he had given up the Presidency of his beloved Tanzania 14 years ago, Mwalimu Nyerere's stature as an international peace broker was such that he dwarfed many current African Heads of State.

His passing was mourned by the whole world with fulsome obituaries appearing in newspapers from Beijing to Seattle. His death unleashed an unprecedented outpouring of mourning not only in his native Tanzania ...

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