Remembering Nyerere in Tanzania: History, Memory, Legacy.

Edited by Marie-Aude Fouéré. An edited volume on the rekindled investment in the figure of Tanzania’s first president, Julius K. Nyerere, in contemporary Tanzania. It explores how Nyerere is remembered by Tanzanians from different levels of society, in what ways, and for what purposes, looking into what Nyerere means and stands for today. The book draws on the media, the political arena, poetry, the education sector, and street-corner talks. The main argument is that Nyerere has become a widely shared political metaphor used to debate and contest conceptions of the Tanzanian nation and Tanzanian-ness. The state-citizens relationship, the moral standards for the exercise of power, and the contours of national sentiment are all under scrutiny when Nyerere is mobilised today. The contributors, budding and renowned scholars in history, anthropology, and political science, draw on extensive fieldwork and archival research to explore how nationhood is reimagined in Tanzania through consent and contest.