Julius Nyerere

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Julius Nyerere was the first president of independent Tanzania, a prominent African nationalist and advocate of African socialism and pan-African unity.

Aliases (2)

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instanceOf African nationalist
head of state
human
pan-Africanist
politician
socialist
teacher
translator
advocatedFor African unity
non-alignment
rural development
alsoKnownAs Mwalimu
Julius Nyerere
surface form: "Mwalimu Julius Nyerere"
awardReceived Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
Lenin Peace Prize
Nansen Refugee Award
burialPlace Butiama
causeOfDeath leukemia
countryOfCitizenship Tanganyika
Tanzania
dateOfBirth 1922-04-13
dateOfDeath 1999-10-14
educatedAt Makerere University
University of Edinburgh
familyName Julius Nyerere
surface form: "Nyerere"
fieldOfStudy economics
history
founded Tanganyika African National Union
givenName Julius
honorificTitle Father of the Nation
implementedPolicy Strategic Hamlet Program
surface form: "Ujamaa villagization program"
influenced African liberation movements
post-colonial African political thought
languageSpoken English
Swahili
memberOfPoliticalParty Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Tanganyika African National Union
mergedPartyInto Chama Cha Mapinduzi
name Julius Nyerere
nationality Tanzanian
notableWork Freedom and Development
Freedom and Socialism
Freedom and Unity
Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism
numberOfChildren 8
officeEndTime 1985-11-05
officeStartTime 1964-04-26
placeOfBirth Butiama
Mara Region
Tanzania
surface form: "Tanganyika Territory"
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: "London"

United Kingdom NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology African socialism
Ujamaa
pan-Africanism
positionHeld Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity
Chief Minister of Tanganyika
President of Tanzania
Prime Minister of Tanganyika
promoted Swahili as a national language of Tanzania
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Maria Nyerere
supportedMovement anti-colonial struggles in Africa
translatedWork William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into Swahili
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice into Swahili
wasFirstHolderOfOffice President of Tanzania

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius Nyerere alsoKnownAs Julius Nyerere
this entity surface form: "Mwalimu Julius Nyerere"
Julius Nyerere familyName Julius Nyerere
this entity surface form: "Nyerere"
Pan-Africanism hasNotableProponent Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere name Julius Nyerere
University of Fort Hare notableAlumnus Julius Nyerere
Lenin Peace Prize notableLaureate Julius Nyerere

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