Litowa was an example of success which resulted in mass movements of people in this region of Tanzania. Anthropologist John Shaw argues that "according to President Julius Nyerere, from September 1973 to June 1975 over seven million people were moved, and from June 1975 to the end of 1976 a further four million people were moved to new settlements". These massive movements of people into Ujamaa villages during this time proved that Nyerere's and TANU's ideology could become implemented into a social reality.