1964: British troops help Julius Nyerere suppress a mutiny In 1964 a wave of mutinies swept Tanganyika, Kenya, and Uganda. Julius Nyerere requested military…
1964: British troops put down mutinies in post-colonial Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda Just one month following Kenya's official independence, Jomo Kenyatta invited British troops to put…
The post-war strike wave in East, West, and Southern Africa From the end of the Second World War until the mid-'60s there was a wave of strikes in British East…
Reflections on Pan-Africanism Transcript of speech given on November 20, 1973. James discusses George Padmore's break with the USSR, Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius…
Mwalimu Nyerere and the challenge of human rights Article from Pambuzuka which examines Nyerere's record on human rights. While the article is generally pro-Nyerere it details some of the…
The Rise and Fall and Insurrection of Trade Unionism in Tanzania An overview of the development of trade unions in Tanzania between the 1920s and 1990s by Tanzanian…
The East African Railway Strike, 1959-60: labour’s challenge of inter-territorialism David Hyde examines a pivotal working-class struggle which erupted within East Africa’s transport…
1948: Zanzibar City General Strike In 1948 dock workers in Zanzibar struck for higher pay, the use of force by the British Colonial authorities lead to other workers coming out in sympathy making the strike a general one.
Security guards murder locals scavenging for gold in Papua New Guinea Private security guards employed by ‘Barrick Gold’, aided by local police have killed at least five…
Tanzania miners: digging their own graves A new report into the mining industry in Tanzania has exposed endemic corruption, displacement of the poor, environmental destruction and…
Julius Nyerere, African socialist Kevin Anderson of the Marxist Humanist tendency discusses Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, shortly after his death.
