EPISODE · Nov 30, 2023 · 10 MIN
Tanzania adopts Swahili to unite the country
from Witness History · host BBC World Service
After Tanzania, then called Tanganyika, became independent from Britain in 1961, the country's leader, Julius Nyerere, made Swahili the national language to unite its people.Walter Bgoya tells Ben Henderson about his conversations with Nyerere and how the policy changed Tanzania.(Photo: Julius Nyerere. Credit: Keystone via Getty Images)
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