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  • Nyerere, affectionately known as Mwalimu or teacher, was also a founder of the Organization of African Unity in 1963, and a leading proponent of economic sanctions against the former apartheid regime in South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Synopsis: In 1978, Uganda President and former boxer Idi Amin proposed to settle the war with Tanzania by challenging Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania and former teacher ( "Mwalimu"), to a boxing match refereed by Mohammed Ali.

    REVIEW: New Dreams for Old by Mike Resnick 2007

  • Malik Amin Aslam Islamabad, PakistanNyerere: An African IconAs a Tanzanian, I was disappointed by your coverage of the death of former Tanzanian president "Mwalimu" (the Swahili word for "teacher") Julius Nyerere ( "A Man of Principle," World Affairs, Oct. 25).

    To Lead Or Not To Lead... 2008

  • Tanzanian president Julius "Mwalimu" Nyerere last year.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Tanzanian president Julius "Mwalimu" Nyerere as mediator in the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Businesses and government offices remained closed as people thronged the airport hours before the coffin of the man known to all as "Mwalimu" or teacher in Kiswahli arrived aboard an Air

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Julius Kambarage "Mwalimu" Nyerere was an outstanding leader, a brilliant philosopher and a people's hero - a champion for the entire

    THE DEATH OF JULIUS KAMBARAGE "MWALIMU" NYERERE 1999

  • "Mwalimu" or teacher in Kiswahili, the language he used to forge national unity in the East African nation.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • The body of "Mwalimu" (the teacher) is lying in state at the national stadium.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • In Tanzania’s case, the leader was Julius Kambarage Nyerere, known as Mwalimu, Ki-Swahili for “teacher.”

    TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: Relaunch of Arusha Declaration + Police Torture in Nigeria 2007

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