Development as Rebellion: A Biography of Julius Nyerere (Soft Cover Set)

A three-volume biography of Julius Kambarage Nyerere: scholar, teacher, poet, philosopher, politician, nationalist, and one of the defining African leaders of the twentieth century. Book One, The Making of a Philosopher Ruler (lead author Saida Yahya-Othman); Book Two, Becoming Nationalist (lead author Ng’wanza Kamata); and Book Three, Rebellion Without Rebels (lead author Issa G. Shivji). The work draws on interviews, public archives, and personal documents, offering both intellectual biography and a wider history of Tanzania, the anti-colonial struggle, and post-colonial African thought. Praised by Thabo Mbeki, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Mahmood Mamdani, and others as a definitive study, it is essential reading for anyone interested in Nyerere, Tanzania, and Africa. This softcover box set is internationally distributed by African Books Collective.