Nyerere
By Tunde Oseni
The Philosopher-King of Africa
Who made equality of men and women a priority
‘Our poverty threatens your prosperity’
Nyerere told the West with all sincerity
Writing was a skill
Speaking was a gift
Churning out ideas was a talent
For the man of the people
Who cherished morality over feferity
Tributes cannot be enough
Thanks cannot fill the tank
For the integrator of our culture
And the binder of our boundaries
Nyerere, the Great mind
The Ujamaa you espoused
Is not yet in our land
It is not yet uhuru
Even under Kenyatta, the Uhuru
By Tunde Oseni
Dr Tunde Oseni bagged a First Class Honours degree in Political Science from Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan, where he was a MacArthur Foundation scholar at the University of Ghana, Legon in 2005. He did his National Youth Service as a Graduate Assistant at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. He then got a scholarship to study for an MSc at the prestigious University of Oxford, United Kingdom, after which he got another scholarship to do a Doctorate and was simultaneously appointed as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Exeter, UK. Dr Oseni has participated in several international conferences and summer institutes across Africa and Europe and currently teaches Comparative Politics, Public Administration and Leadership Studies at Crawford University, Igbesa, Nigeria. He enjoys reading, meditating, and meeting people.
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beautiful work. Nyerere is my favorite african leader. Thanks for this peom