mwalimu och u jam aa

322 Pages·2012·15.86 MB·English

MWALIMU
OCH
UJ AMA A
JULIUS KARAMBAGE NYERERE
OCH NATIONSBILDNINGEN I TANZANIA
OLOF LÖNNEBORG

Mwalimu och ujamaa
Julius Karambage Nyerere
och nationsbildningen i Tanzania
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Akademisk Avhandling
som med tillstånd av rektorsämbetet vid Umeå universitet
för avläggande av filosofie doktorsexamen offentligen försvaras
i Humanisthuset, hörsal E,
fredagen den 29 januari 1999, kl. 10.15
av
Olof Lönneborg
Olof Lönneborg: Mwalimu och ujamaa: Julius Karambage Nyerere och nationsbildning i Tanzania (Mwalimu and
Ujamaa: Julius Karambage Nyerere and Nation-Building in Tanzania). Swedish text with a summary in English.
Department of Historical Studies, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå. 303 pp. Monograph.
ISBN 91-7191-575-3
Publisher: Department of Historical Studies, Umeå University.
Abstract
The present study is a political biography in the broad sense of Julius Karambage Nyerere. The main perspective
has been his significance for nation-building in Tanzania. The dissertation is chronologically ordered after his
life and restricted to the period 1922-1977.
Five themes discussed in modern scholarship on nationalism and which are considered relevant to the study
of African nationalism are treated:
The origin and globalization of nationalism. From the perspective of the process of global nation-building,
Nyerere's activities as nationalist leader in Tanzania are discussed, which contrary to his own wishes only
embraced the former colonies Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Constructivism versus realism. Here it is shown that nationalism in Africa largely followed the colonial
borders and were thus constructions without any connection to historically-relevant ethnic or cultural borders.
The relationship between nationalism and modernity. The fundamen tal problematic in Nyerere's
modernizing ambitions, i.e. to unite individual and collective interests in an harmonic interplay in the name of
development, is treated.
Strategies for nationalizing a populace. Here, the evolution of Nyerere's social vision - ujamaa or
familyhood, is described. From the central idea of Tanzanian nationalism - development - the nationalists'
construction of traditional African society would unite with modern society, in accordance with the basic ideas
of African socialism.
The significance of an elite for nation-building. In common with nationalism's development in Europe,
African nationalism was led by elites. The transformation from "Black European" to "African Personality" went
via education, primarily provided by Christian missionaries in Africa. Nyerere's education familiarized him with
British colonialism, nationalism and cultural heritage as well as the British School of Social Anthropology,
Catholic social teachings and communitarianism. The study shows that Nyerere's political thought was
influenced by Fabian socialism, Catholic social teaching, communitarianism and political thinkers like Henry
George, G.D.H. Cole, R.H. Tawney and Arthur W. Lewis. Nyerere realized his political ideas first as leader of the
nationalist movement Tanganyika African National Union (TA NU) and after independence in 1961 as president
up until 1985. He was called the "father of the nation" and ruled in his charismatic role as mwalimu, teacher.
Keywords: Africa, nation-building, Nyerere, Tanzania, Catholic social teaching, Fabian Society, African
Socialism, African Personality, ujamaa, development, democratization, communitarianism.

MWALIMU OCH UJAMAA
JULIUS KARAMBAGE NYERERE
OCH NATIONSBILDNINGEN I TANZANIA
OLOF LÖNNEBORG
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INSTITUTIONEN FÖR HISTORISKA STUDIER
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