Ujamaa African Socialism in Tanzania – theoretical basis and political practice

Authors

  • Marek Barbarewicz University of Gdansk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26881/prog.2023.13.01

Keywords:

African socialism, Julius Nyerere, Ujamaa, Tanzania, decolonization

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the African socialist political thought based on Julius Nyerere’s Ujamaa project in Tanzania. The article presents two aspects of this idea – Ujamaa as a political doctrine, the foundation of which Nyerere expressed in his literary works, public speeches and, in most depth, in the Arusha Declaration, and Ujamaa as a political program which was the basis for creating state policies in Tanzania during Nyerere’s presidency in the years 1964–1985.

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Author Biography

Marek Barbarewicz, University of Gdansk

Second-degree political science student at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk. His research interests include political systems, constitutionalism, electoral law and procedures, and the history of political ideas and their practical implementation.

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Konstytucja Zjednoczonej Republiki Tanzanii, 1964.

Konstytucja Zjednoczonej Republiki Tanzanii, 1977.

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Published

2024-02-15

How to Cite

Barbarewicz, M. (2024). Ujamaa African Socialism in Tanzania – theoretical basis and political practice. Progress, (13), 10–23. https://doi.org/10.26881/prog.2023.13.01