The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The party was founded by Julius Kambarage Nyerere in July 1954 while he was still teaching at St. Francis' College. From 1964 the party was called Tanzania African National Union.

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  • The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The party was founded by Julius Kambarage Nyerere in July 1954 while he was still teaching at St. Francis' College. From 1964 the party was called Tanzania African National Union. In January 1977 the TANU merged with the ruling party in Zanzibar, the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) to form the current Revolutionary State Party or Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). The policy of TANU was to build and maintain a socialist state aiming towards economic self-sufficiency and to eradicate corruption and exploitation, with the major means of production and exchange under the control of the peasants and workers (Ujamaa-Essays on Socialism ;The Arusha Declaration"). Julius Nyerere is a former first president of Tanzania in the 1950s to the 1980s after he started the TANU. In 1962, the TANU and current president Julius Nyerere created the Ministry of National Culture and Youth. Nyerere felt the creation of the ministry was necessary in order to deal with some of the challenges and contradictions of building a nation-state and a national culture after 70 years of colonialism. The government of Tanzania sought to create an innovative public space where Tanzanian popular culture could develop and flourish. By incorporating the varied traditions and customs of all peoples of Tanzania, Nyerere hoped to promote a sense of pride, thus creating a national culture. He was a Pan-Africanist. He helped Tanzania become a country and maintained peace before retiring. After retiring he went back to his village, and spent the mornings working in the fields where he grew corn and millet. He did his duty by earning money in the city for his family, and never forgot his rural roots. (en)
  • Die Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) entstand 1953 unter Führung von Julius K. Nyerere, dem späteren Staatspräsidenten von Tanganyika bzw. Tansania, aus der Tanganyika African Association (TAA) und wurde noch im selben Jahr von den UN als Nationale Bewegung anerkannt. (de)
  • L'Unione Nazionale Africana del Tanganica, in inglese Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) fu il partito politico protagonista nella lotta per l'indipendenza dello stato del Tanganica (oggi Tanzania). Il partito fu fondato da Julius Nyerere nel luglio del 1954. A partire dal 1964 venne chiamato Unione Nazionale Africana della Tanzania (Tanzania African National Union). Nel gennaio del 1977 il TANU si è fuso con l'Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), il partito di governo di Zanzibar, formando il Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), che esiste ancora oggi. (it)
  • De Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), in het Nederlands: Tanganyika Afrikaanse Nationale Unie, was een politieke partij in Tanganyika en later in Tanzania. De TANU werd in 1954 opgericht door dr. Julius Nyerere als voortzetting van de Tanganyika African Association. De partij streefde naar een onafhankelijk Tanganyika, een verenigd Afrika en Afrikaans socialisme. In 1958 veroverde TANU een meerderheid aan zetels in de Raad van Afgevaardigden van Tanganyika. In mei 1961 werd Nyerere premier van het onafhankelijke Tanganyika en in 1962 president. De TANU werd de enige toegestane partij. In 1964 ging Tanganyika deel uitmaken van de Federatie Tanganyika-Zanzibar, later de Verenigde Republiek Tanzania genaamd. De TANU bleef de enige partij op het vasteland van Tanganyika, terwijl de Afro-Shirazi Partij de enige toegestane partij op de eilanden Zanzibar en Pemba bleef. In 1967 nam het parlement in Dar es Salaam de Verklaring van Arusha, waarin Nyerere's ideeën omtrent het Afrikaans socialisme waren weergegeven. Op het partijcongres van TANU werd Nyerere's variant op het Afrikaans socialisme als partij-ideologie aanvaard. In februari 1977 gingen de TANU en de Afro-Shirazi Partij een fusie aan, waaruit de Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionaire Staatspartij) uit voortkwam. (nl)
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  • The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The party was founded by Julius Kambarage Nyerere in July 1954 while he was still teaching at St. Francis' College. From 1964 the party was called Tanzania African National Union. (en)
  • Die Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) entstand 1953 unter Führung von Julius K. Nyerere, dem späteren Staatspräsidenten von Tanganyika bzw. Tansania, aus der Tanganyika African Association (TAA) und wurde noch im selben Jahr von den UN als Nationale Bewegung anerkannt. (de)
  • L'Unione Nazionale Africana del Tanganica, in inglese Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) fu il partito politico protagonista nella lotta per l'indipendenza dello stato del Tanganica (oggi Tanzania). Il partito fu fondato da Julius Nyerere nel luglio del 1954. A partire dal 1964 venne chiamato Unione Nazionale Africana della Tanzania (Tanzania African National Union). (it)
  • De Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), in het Nederlands: Tanganyika Afrikaanse Nationale Unie, was een politieke partij in Tanganyika en later in Tanzania. (nl)
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  • Tanganyika African National Union (en)
  • Tanganyika African National Union (de)
  • Unione Nazionale Africana del Tanganica (it)
  • Tanganyika African National Union (nl)
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