Freedom And Unity – Julius Nyerere (1)

There is the possibility that the sudden withdrawal of one authority without its replacement by an indigenous one would leave behind the great danger of a complete breakdown in the orderly economic and social development of the country, with the most dreadful consequences to the people concerned. But it is impossible for the colonial peoples in some areas now to believe in the good intentions of their metropolitan Power, even if the metropolitan Power has such good intentions, and this is natural, for it is inevitable that an alien Administering Authority should be most conscious of the dangers and difficulties of the transfer of power, and it usually talks about nothing except those dangers and those difficulties and it is always inclined to exaggerate them.

But what is felt to be possible would naturally vary according to the basic interests of the persons concerned. We do not see how it is possible for any single nation to be the judge of its own cause, as some colonial Powers decide to be judges of their own causes.

We would therefore like to see the United Nations assume the responsibility of being judge. We suggest that every nation which genuinely wishes to further the development of peoples now inhabiting their colonies should treat those colonies as if they were Trust Territories. This means that they should submit annually for discussion by the United Nations a report on the progress toward the establishment of an indigenous authority to which the transfer of power can be made.

I was extremely pleased to hear that the Government of the United Kingdom, which had for long opposed this suggestion, has now declared that it intends to submit such reports on all territories still under its control. We hope that this example will be followed by all the other colonial Powers. We believe that if this were done the suspicions of insincerity which are now directed against some of them would be overcome, because we would ourselves have a chance to consider those matters, and give our assistance in any difficulties which might arise in particular cases.

Such a develop¬ ment would have advantages for both sides.

Glasgow New York Toronto Wellington Melbourne Ibadan Nairobi Dar es Salaam Lusaka Addis Ababa Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Lahore Dacca Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo (r) Oxford University Press 1966 Reprinted 1967 (twice), 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 “Any requests for permission to quote ex¬ tracts from this work, or to reprint it in part or in whole, or to translate it into any language, must be addressed in the first instance to: The Personal Assistant to President J.

K Nyerere The President’s Office, The State House, P.O.’ Box 9120, Dares Saalam. Tanzania.” Published by Oxford University Press, P.O. Box 5299 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Made and Printed by Tanzania Litho Ltd., P.O. Box 200 Arusha, Tanzania TO THE PEOPLE Contents Illustrations x Biographical note on Julius K. Nyerere xi Preface xiii Introduction t 1 The Race Problem in East Africa: ig$2 23 2 First Speech in Legislative Council: 25 May igyg.

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