FROM VISION TO ACTION; Keeping the Torch Alive: From Memory to Movement

From Vision to Action

As Tanzania reflects on Mwalimu's enduring legacy, Twende Butiama stands as an embodiment that his philosophy was never meant for archives or classrooms alone.

Keeping the Torch Alive: From Memory to Movement

Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere's philosophy of Education for Self-Reliance was not merely an educational reform, it was a blueprint for nation-building.

Rooted in the Arusha Declaration of 1967, Nyerere envisioned education as a tool to cultivate self-sufficiency, dignity, and collective responsibility.

Our education must prepare young people to serve their society and not to be served by it.

Today, this vision finds new expression through Twende Butiama, a movement that transcends cycling to become a living classroom of Mwalimu's ideals.

Author's summary: Twende Butiama embodies Mwalimu's philosophy.

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