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President Julius Nyerere Calls Former Ugandan President Yusufu Lule a 'Liar and a Fool' | July 1979”.


Wednesday, July 25th 1979.

Footage of Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere giving a speech to Tanzanian troops returning from Uganda in which he referred to former Ugandan President, Yusufu Lule as a "liar and a fool".

Nyerere was speaking at a homecoming ceremony in the border village of Bunzai. Lule had accused Tanzania of wanting to "take over Uganda and impose socialism". Speaking in a BBC interview, he had claimed that the Tanzanian government intended to turn Uganda into a province of Tanzania.

Tanzanian troops had invaded Uganda and overthrown the government of Idi Amin. Nyerere insisted in an emotional two-hour speech that the Tanzanians had no designs on Uganda, and would help but that it would not involve itself in the internal affairs of Uganda -even though Lule had been ousted after disagreements with the Tanzanians.

Ugandan President Godfrey Binaisa, who was at the ceremony, expressed his thanks to the Tanzanians for helping to depose the Ugandan dictator.

Source: Reuters News Archives.

Note:

1. The decision of Tanzania to invade Uganda was a contentious issue that divided African nations. Some felt that it abrogated on the O.A.U. Charter which insisted on non-intervention in the affairs of member states. Others felt that it was justified because it brought to an end the brutal dictatorship of Idi Amin.

2. Some have argued that the war with Uganda, which cost the Tanzanian's a large amount of money, added to other pressures which in the long-term brought an end to Nyerere's commitment to development economics and the objectives of Ujamaa socialism. Tanzania would later subscribe to the neoliberal regime of the Western-backed global financial institutions.

 

Saturday, June 11th 1966.

RFK meets "Mwalimu".

Footage of U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of the slain John F. Kennedy, on the first day of a private visit to Tanzania.

It captures Kennedy pressing the flesh with ordinary Tanzanians soon after his arrival as well as a relaxed encounter with Nyerere with whom he had two and a half hours of talks at State House in the capital city of Dar-es-Salaam.

Kennedy's visit came after his visit to South Africa and a brief stopover in Kenya.

Footage: Reuters News Archive.

Music: Train Song (Mbombela) by Harry Belanfonte and Miriam Makeba.

Note:

1. Nyerere can be seen instructing Kennedy on how to play "Bao", a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa.

2. Kennedy joked to Nyerere that he would like to introduce a one party system of government into the United States as existed in Tanzania. Years later Nyerere was quoted as having said: "The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them".
 

Senator Robert Kennedy Meets President Nyerere In Dar Es Salaam AKA Kennedy With Nyerere (1966)​


VS Exterior of the State House in Dar es Salaam. VS Inside State House, President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania presents US Senator Robert Kennedy, Governor of New York, with gifts - one appears to be a dice board game, another a lapel pin. Also present are Ethel Kennedy and President Nyerere's wife. VS Nyerere and Kennedy walking in the grounds of State House, followed by their respective wives and a group of pressmen and officials. VS Nyerere's private zoo. CU An ostrich.

Note: Date on original record: 10/06/1966. FILM ID:3204.04

A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ.
 

SYND 10/1/70 NYERERE MEETS MCMAMARA​


(10 Jan 1970) President of World Bank Robert McNamara visits Tanzania.


 

Pres. Nyerere Becomes 1st Foreign Head To Visit Ethiopia After Military Takeover | October 1974


Thursday, October 31st 1974.

Footage of President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania becoming the first foreign Head of State to visit Ethiopia since the coup which overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie in September.

Nyerere was on a stopover while en route to Sudan. He was met at Addis Ababa airport by Lt.-Gen. Aman Mikael Andom, the the Chairman of Ethiopia's Military Administrative Council.

Source: Reuters News Archive.


 

FRELIMO Leader Samora Machel Honoured By President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania | May 1975


Thursday, May 22nd 1975.

Reuters Text:

The President of Frelimo Mr. Samora Machel -- who will become Mozambique's first President when the country achieves full independence on 25 June -- was honoured by Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere on Thursday (22 May).

At a mass rally in Dar Es Salaam President Nyerere presented Mr. Machel with the Mt. Kilimanjaro Medal of the First Order.

President Nyerere praised Frelimo for liberating their country and called on them to maintain their strength and unity. He also said Mozambique's independence will not be complete if other African states are still being ruled by colonial powers.

Mr. Machel thanked the Tanzanian leaders for the assistance they had provided for his country, including 1.4 million shillings (about 80,000 sterling) from the defence forces.

Source: Reuters News Archive.


 

Samora Machel Leader of FRELIMO Leaves Tanzania For Triumphant Return to Mozambique May 1975​


Saturday, May 24th 1975.

Footage of FRELIMO leader Samora Machel leaving Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania for Mozambique where he was due to become president after his country gained its independence from Portugal on June 25th.

Source: Reuters News Archive.


 
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