The vice president of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan being paraded before her searing in as the first female president of Tanzania.
In our Social Science class in the University of Jos, we were taught that post indepence Africans of the highest Africanist echelon were the Ghanaians and the Tanzanians. this is because of their greatn pro independence leaders, Kwameh Nkrumah for Ghana and Julius Nyerere for Tanzania. Ghanaians did not allow the legacy of Nkrumah to live long, but not the Tanzanians. Nyerere the Teacher matched on. Leaving in his wake a legacy of patroitism and policies that no African president has been able to beat till date. I remember that the day Julius Nyerere was being buried in 1998, Marin Obrite the American Secretary of state was on a tour of Africa, but refused to attend that deeply African ceremony. It is obvious that the antics of that son of Africa has greattly worried that nation and her exploitative manuevers around the African continent at that time. That Tanzania could bring out from the stable of the great Nwalimu, a leader in the like of of John Magfuli is not in the least surprising. In this century, no African leader has been so honoured, appreciated and loved by his people like Magfuli. The stories of his expolits and actvities just seem too fantastic to be true. Simply fairy tale. Funnily they are all true.The Vice president of tanzania being
Why such patroits don’t live long, one can not tell. That the world woke up on the 17th March 2021 to hear the shocking news of this pure blooded African son, is still too hurting to believe.
Condolences are pouring in from all over the world. Emotions are running high. It is said that his burial today drew such crowd that some children were trampled in the frenzy of the out pouring of emotions yesterday at his burial.
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has said Tanzania’s former leader John Magufuli “will stay in the hearts” of many following his death last week at the age of 61.
He spoke during the state funeral ceremony held in the capital Dodoma, which is being attended by a number of African heads of state.
Tanzania’s government said Mr Magufuli died of a heart condition, but the opposition said he had Covid-19.
In his tribute, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera referred to Mr Magufuli as “Africa’s finest son” whose “life of service” would be remembered.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa described him as a “true pan-Africanist” who was unapologetic about being an African.
Mr Ramaphosa remembered the former president for being a “warrior” against corruption, and who worked for his people.
He also said the Tanzanian president was a champion for African culture and traditions, especially the use of Swahili throughout the continent.
“Swahili has been introduced in South African schools as a honour to the late President John Magufuli who insisted on its use,” Mr Ramaphosa said.
Expressing a similar view, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masese said that Mr Magufuli was a “great teacher” like Tanzania’s founding President Julius Nyerere.
“Even in Botswana he expected us to speak Swahili…We too have introduced Swahili in our curricula,” Mr Masese added.
In his tribute, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta also addressed Mr Magufuli’s successor Samia Suluhu Hassan, saying: “To you my sister and now my counterpart, the road has been shown to you by our brother President Magufuli.”
Mr Kenyatta briefly stopped his speech, when the azan was given at a nearby mosque to call Muslims for regular daily prayers.
