Ujamaa

Ujamaa ('family hood' in Swahili) was the concept that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961.

History

Ideology and practice

In 1967, President Nyerere published his development blueprint, which was titled the Arusha Declaration, in which Nyerere pointed out the need for an African model of development and that formed the basis of African socialism. The Swahili word ujamaa means 'extended family', 'brotherhood' or 'socialism'; as a political concept it asserts that a person becomes a person through the people or community.

Nyerere used Ujamaa as the basis for a national development project. He translated the Ujamaa concept into a political-economic management model through several means:

The creation of a one-party system under the leadership of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) in order to help solidify the cohesion of the newly independent Tanzania.

The institutionalization of social, economic, and political equality through the creation of a central democracy; the abolition of discrimination based on ascribed status; and the nationalization of the economy's key sectors.

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You Got Me Sweet, Ajamu
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You Got Me Sweet

Let we Go
Yes Baby
Now You Got Me
Yes Baby
Now You Got Me
Nice Nice Nice (3x)
Now You Got Me
Sweet Sweet Sweet (3x)
Oooh girl
Yes Baby
Now You Got Me
Yes Baby
Ooooooh! You Got Me
Verse 1
Girl you have me hanging on a string
Unna find you should know what I bend
From the first time that I met you
I know there was something about you
I still went to take my changes
I facing the consequences!
Chorus
You got Me!
Aaaaah!
You got Me!
You got Me!
Ahhhhh!
You got Me!
Nice Nice Nice
You got Me!
Sweet sweet sweet
(Repeat)
Nobody could do it
The way you does do it
Whenever you do it
I does real enjoy it
It Nice Nice Nice
It Sweet Sweet Sweet
You knock me off my feet
You got Me!
You put me in a heat!
You got Me!
Verse 2
Never ever in my wildness dream
I will ever stop to imagine
The way how you tempter lize me
With your sweet jam on your beautiful
You got to be spider lady
The way how you spend your web on me
Chorus
Verse3
I dreaming about you all the time
I just cannot get you off my mind
All my secrets are revealing
Cause only my sleep I talking
Mi friends think I am going crazy
They telling me something to mi girl