By TOM ODHIAMBO More by this AuthorJulius Kambarage Nyerere remains standing tall, above the entire cast of African presidents to date. No retired (dead or alive) or active African president can beat this record. Although many people know Nyerere for his translations of two of Shakespeare’s plays, Nyerere is probably the preeminent African presidential philosopher. If you wish to know how Nyerere lived with his wife, you will find it in The Making of a Philosopher. To date visitors to Nyerere’s ancestral home marvel at how an African president could have ‘abandoned’ his home or community the way Nyerere did.

Source: Daily Nation July 25, 2020 04:52 UTC