Julius Nyerere was the first president of which African country?
Julius Nyerere Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as Prime Minister from 1961 to 1963 and then as President from 1963 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as President from 1964 to 1985. A founding member of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party—which in 1977 became the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party—he chaired it until 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he promoted a political philosophy known as Ujamaa. Born in Butiama, then in the British colony
Julius Nyerere to preserve power. Maybe he did not kill people as other dictators, but by suppressing dissent he was not different to any other dictator.” In 2009, his life was portrayed in a South African production by Imruh Bakari for M-Net titled "The Legacy of Julius Kambarage Nyerere". The University of Edinburgh, Nyerere's "alma mater", also honours him in various ways. Ten years after his death, it put up a plaque in his name the external wall of its School of Social and Political Science, and provides three Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarships each year. Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13