DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 14 -- REPETITIVENESS on Mwalimu Julius Nyerere as an individual and as a leader, can never sink to the level of monotony.
At home, he was on the forefront of the struggle for Tanzania's political independence, courting grave risks in the process.
Being the leader of the Uhuru-seeking mission, he set himself on a collision course with the British colonial administration.
For a liberation struggle anywhere in the world seeks to overthrow the existing political, social and economic status quo.
In the case of Tanganyika, and subsequently Tanzania, toppling the status quo would mean that the bondage to which the legitimate inhabitants had been hooked would be neutralised.
Nyerere stood his ground, however, since that was...