Metty Reviews Surrogates of the State

Metty'z RefleXions - Tanzania in Focus: Book Review: Surrogates of the State
Metty reviews a new book, Surrogates of The state: NGO's, Development and Ujamaa in Tanzania. Ujamaa was the concept that formed the basis for Julius Nyerere's social and economic policy following independence from Britain. Nyerere served as Tanzania's first president from 1964 to 1985. Nevertheless, several factors in the 1970's caused the collapse of Nyerere's Ujamaa approach and this book examines how NGO's might have contributed to the failure of Nyerere's concept of the "extended family", which for him meant that every individual was in the service of the community.