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Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere was a Tanzanian teacher and politician who led the Tanganyika African National Union to independence in 1961. He became Prime Minister and then President of Tanganyika, and in 1964 united it with Zanzibar to form Tanzania, which he led until 1985. He promoted African socialism through ujamaa villages, built national unity around Swahili and supported liberation movements in southern Africa. In 1979 his army overthrew Idi Amin in Uganda.
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