Benard Semen is a writer based in the Mwanza region of Tanzania. Semen holds degrees in education and literature from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

Opinion: Africa’s Long-term Development Depends on Africans

Around the World, Business and Finance, East Africa

Edi­tor’s Notes: Julius Nyerere was an African vision­ary and pres­i­dent of Tan­za­nia from 1964 to 1985. Pre­vi­ous­ly he served as prime min­is­ter from 1961 to 1964. Nyer­ere’s phi­los­o­phy of Ujaa­ma and African self-reliance has often been cit­ed by pan-African­ists and schol­ars around the world. Benard Semen reminds us that Africans, any­where in the world, need…