A Great Step Forward: Oliver Tambo and the Arusha Declaration (Tanzania)
(Extracts of the Message from the Deputy-President of the African National Congress of South Africa, Oliver Tambo, to His Excellency President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, on the occasion of the Arusha Declaration).
“We have always fervently held the conviction that the people of Tanzania, by following the road of unflinching struggle against imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism will not only achieve the revolutionary tasks and ideals of the African Revolution but will also render Africa the inestimable duty of affording her sons and daughters an opportunity to learn from Tanzania’s experience and example.”
“The programme of socialist construction enshrined in the Arusha Declaration will go down in the annals of African history as the decisive clarion call to defend national sovereignty against neo-colonialist counter-revolutionary subversion and to move African revolutionary forces towards the full realisation of political, social and economic independence. This is a great revolutionary step forward. It has struck fear in the hearts of the enemies of Africa’s freedom.”
“The Arusha Declaration comes at an opportune historical period and is a telling blow to the imperialist offensive which swept across Africa last year bringing untold humiliation to African nationhood and human dignity. We particularly wish to commend you and the T.A.N.U. National Executive for the clear enunc
