Historical Dictionary of Tanzania

by Rodger Yeager and Thomas Ofcansky

The United Republic of Tanzania is a rare phenomenon in Africa, the result of a merger between the former British colony of Tanganyika and the island republic of Zanzibar. While there has been and still are tensions, this has held together, perhaps because the country has been ruled by a dominant party ever since independence. It enjoyed a special aura under its first president, Julius Nyerere, who spoke glowingly of an African socialism, which did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810832445
• ISBN13: 9780810832442
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.7"