| dc.description.abstract | The ideals of education in Ujamaa philosophy as enunciated by Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the founder president
of Tanzania, are neglected phenomena in African education. In about fifty decades of offering education in
Africa, from the end of colonialism to the present, education has not enabled Africans to be self-reliant and to
live peacefully as brothers and sisters. The paper analyses Nyerere’s ideals embedded in Ujamaa philosophy and
realises that African education portrays a neglect of the ideals of Nyerere and this does not auger well for the
continent. The continent requires education that can make it self-reliant in economics, politics and cultural
practices. It calls upon African educationists to rethink and revisit Nyerere’s ideals with a view to charting
appropriate education for the continent. Three action plans to be carried out by African philosophers of education
that focus on constant reviews on interpreting Nyerere’s ideas, political participation and forming organisations
which specifically deal with African philosophy of education are posited. It is recommended that more
interpretation of Nyerere’s ideas should be a continuous process. What also warrants further research is
combining academic work with vocational training. | en_US |
