Xenophobia, ethnic profiling: What does the future portend for Africa?

“Africa ni moja na binadamu wote ni sawa,” that was Mwalimu Julius Nyarere’s constant refrain as he sought the twin mission of building a socialist Tanzania and liberating Africa from colonial rule and socio-economic deprivation.  What this simple saying meant in English was that “Africa is one and all human beings are equal.”

Mwalimu Nyerere lived by what he said: and the Tanzanian nationalist government pursued African and international policies faithful to this dictum in word and deed. In Africa, Nyerere and Tanzania provided leadership for liberating the countries then still under the colonial yoke and racial oppression.