Paying my respects at the grave of ‘Mwalimu’ Julius Nyerere, the nation’s first president and a political giant of post-independence era Africa.
A truly special moment in a visit to Nyerere’s hometown of Butiama in the remote Mara region - my last upcountry tour as 🇬🇧Balozi
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My thanks to Madaraka Nyerere for a wonderful tour of the compound where his father was born, raised and kept a residence.
This is the spot where Mwalimu liked to play Bao, a board game he’s said to have excelled at as a youngster
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Mwalimu was a voracious reader: some 8,000 of his books, spanning a vast range of interests, are kept here at the library in Nyerere’s residence.
A privilege to peruse the shelves and discuss Nyerere’s political and social legacy with Madaraka
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