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Books and Ujamaa: The Tanzania Library Service: its Problems and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

C. S. Ilomo
C. S. Ilomo*
Affiliation:
Tanzania Library Service
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Since independence in 1961 the Tanzania Government has recognized the important role books and libraries play in economic and social development. Indeed, education is a basic investment for development and books in turn are a basic tool of education. At the opening of the National Central Library in Dar es Salaam in 1967, President Nyerere stressed the role of books when he said “…books are a very, important way to knowledge, and to self-improvement; from them we can learn new ideas, new techniques of working and new methods. We can learn about the development of man in all its different aspects; we can broaden our understanding of other peoples and even of ourselves.”

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Research Article
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African Research and Documentation , Volume 10 , 1976 , pp. 1 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1976

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References

page 1 note1 Nyerere, Mwalimu J. K. Speech at the opening of the Central Library, Dar es Salaam, 9 December 1967.

page 1 note2 Tanganyika. Tanganyika Library Services Board Act. July 1963.

page 2 note1 Harrison, K. C. The importance and relevance of librarianship for developing countries. London: Commonwealth Foundation, 1975Google Scholar.

page 2 note2 Tanzania. Tanzania Library Services Board Bill, 1975.

page 3 note1 Tanganyika Library Service. Printed in Tanzania, 1974.

page 4 note1 UNESCO. Book development in Africa: Problems and perspectives. Paris: UNESCO, 1969.

page 5 note1 UNESCO. East and West Africa: proposed Regional Centres for Training and Research in Book Development in East and West Africa. UNESCO: Paris, 1972.

page 5 note2 Ibid.

page 7 note1 UNESCO. East and West Africa: proposed Regional Centres for Training and Research in Book Development in East and West Africa. UNESCO: Paris, 1972.

page 9 note1 SCOLMA Newsletter No.8. June 1975.