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| United Republic of Tanganyika | |
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| Socialist Republic | |
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| Capital | Dodoma |
| Languages | Swahili, English, and many regional languages |
| Population | 28,400,000 |
The United Republic of Tanganyika is a socialist republic in East Africa, and among the most politically stable and prosperous free countries of sub-Saharan Africa after Botswana. Its national ideology is Ujamaa, laid out by father of the nation Julius Nyerere which incorporates village socialism, African communalism and Christian ethics of service and shared obligations. Ujamaa has aged and evolved substantially since the 1960s but remains a basis of rural life today, even as Nyerere’s successors are more pragmatic. Tanganyika is famous for the quality of its universal education and friendliness.
The country is changing today. Dodoma and Dar es Salaam have transformed into glamorous, modern cities filled with young professionals in suits who speak Swahili and English with equal fluency. The village cooperatives still exist and still produce most of the country’s food, and the church is still the centre of social life in most of the country, but the tension between Tanganyika’s communalist founding ideology and the ambitions of its educated urban generation have defined political conversation of the current era. Compared to its neighbours, it is not a bad problem to have.