Hot-blooded and almost impatient with a boiling urge to test our immature intellectual philosophies, courtesy of the many great minds tutoring us at the University of Dar es Salaam. Parallel to this scenario was the rising trend of activism in Dar es Salaam city itself. Dar es Salaam was then fast becoming a hotbed, if not already the hotbed of revolutionaries from almost all over the world, pursuing their goals and struggles. I am mentioning all this to give you a representative picture of the progressive boiling pot that was Dar es Salaam in 60s and 70s. We, therefore, planned to organise a rally to the State House in Dar es Salaam to vent off our frustration to Mwalimu Nyerere and urge him to convince Kaunda of his folly.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 19, 2019 08:25 UTC