Interesting Educators: Julius Nyerere

Or, taking the idea of community schools seriously

This week, we’re continuing my intermittent series on education reformers by looking at Julius Nyerere, the first President of independent Tanzania, a major figure of the postcolonial ‘moment,’ and, for our purposes, the major figure of the self-reliant philosophy of education,¹ which he pushed into practice during his time leading Tanzania.

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