Arusha Declaration

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The Arusha Declaration was a landmark 1967 policy statement in Tanzania that established the country’s socialist and self-reliance ideology under President Julius Nyerere.

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instanceOf policy statement ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
socialist manifesto ⓘ
aimedTo achieve national self-reliance ⓘ
limit corruption among leaders ⓘ
promote rural socialism ⓘ
reduce economic inequality ⓘ
author Julius Nyerere ⓘ
containsSection Leadership Code ⓘ
corePrinciple egalitarianism ⓘ
public ownership of major means of production ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
dateAdopted 1967-02-05 ⓘ
definesIdeology African socialism ⓘ
Ujamaa ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
economicModel planned economy elements ⓘ
state-led development ⓘ
ideologicalPosition anti-capitalist ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
implementedInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
influenced Tanzania’s Second Five-Year Plan ⓘ
Tanzania’s education policy ⓘ
Tanzania’s rural development strategy ⓘ
introducedPolicy leadership code ⓘ
nationalization of banks ⓘ
nationalization of commercial farms ⓘ
nationalization of large industries ⓘ
villagization program ⓘ
issuedBy Tanganyika African National Union ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
leadershipCodeProhibits directorships in private companies by leaders ⓘ
holding shares in private companies by leaders ⓘ
ownership of rental houses by leaders ⓘ
legacy foundation of Tanzania’s socialist era ⓘ
reference point in debates on development policy in Tanzania ⓘ
placeAdopted Arusha ⓘ
linked to: Arusha, Tanzania
politicalContext Cold War non-alignment ⓘ
post-independence nation-building ⓘ
politicalLeaderAtTime Julius Nyerere ⓘ
promulgatedBy Julius Nyerere ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
relatedConcept African socialism in Tanzania ⓘ
Ujamaa villages ⓘ
linked to: Ujamaa
yearAdopted 1967 ⓘ

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Arusha Declaration Museum → dedicatedTo → Arusha Declaration ⓘ
Arusha Declaration Museum → significantEventDocumented → Arusha Declaration of 1967 ⓘ
linked to: Arusha Declaration
Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism → hasPart → The Arusha Declaration ⓘ
linked to: Arusha Declaration
Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism → associatedWith → Arusha Declaration ⓘ