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Freedom and Unfreedom in Rural Development: Julius Nyerere, Ujamaa Vijijini, and Villagization

Leander Schneider · Canadian Journal of African Studies 38(2), 344-392 · 2004

Type: Article
Author: Leander Schneider
Identifier: DOI 10.1080/00083968.2004.10751289

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DisputedLeander Schneider argues that Nyerere himself played a leading role in steering Tanzanian rural development onto an increasingly coercive path he had earlier denounced, and traces this to a tension between participatory ideals and the paternal 'developmental authority' claimed by officials, experts and outside agents.