Maria Nyerere Explained

Maria Nyerere
Order:1st
Office:First Lady of Tanzania
Term Label:In role
Term Start:29 October 1964
Term End:5 November 1985
Predecessor:Role established
Successor:Siti Mwinyi
Term Label2:In role
Term Start2:9 December 1962
Term End2:25 April 1964
Birth Date:31 December 1930
Birth Place:Tanganyika
Birthname:Maria Waningu Gabriel Magige
Nationality:Tanzanian
Spouse:[1]
Profession:Teacher

Maria Nyerere (born Maria Waningu Gabriel Magige; 31 December 1930[2] [3] [4]) served as the inaugural First Lady of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985.[5] She was the seventh of nine children of Mr. Gabriel Magige, of Baraki, Tareme[6] and his wife Hannah Nyashiboha.[3]

Nyerere was educated at the White Sisters' School at Nyegina and Ukerewe School. She was a boarding scholar at Sumve Teacher Training College in Mwanza, where she attained a teaching certificate and She began her work by teaching at Nyegina Primary School at Musoma.[7]

In 1953 she married Julius Nyerere, who was then also a teacher. He became an activist and politician, co-founder and president of Tanzania.

She currently serves as one of ten members of the council of elders of the Alliance for Tanzania Youth Economic Empowerment (Atyee), which also includes former Union President Ali Hassan Mwinyi and former Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume.[8] She is commonly known as Mama Maria in the Tanzanian media.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Julius Nyerere. https://web.archive.org/web/20101014083944/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8041150/Julius-Nyerere.html. dead. 14 October 2010. 15 October 1999. The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Twitter. mobile.twitter.com.
  3. Nyerere: The Early Years, Thomas Molony, 2014, pg 89
  4. Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, , Godfrey Mwakikagile, New Africa Press, 2007, pg 403
  5. Web site: Profile: Nyerere. juliusnyerere.info. 23 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701233248/http://www.juliusnyerere.info/index.php/nyerere/about/. 1 July 2013.
  6. Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, Godfrey Mwakikagile, New Africa Press, 2007, pg 628
  7. Nyerere: The Early Years, Thomas Molony, 2014, pg 90
  8. Web site: Mama Maria: Keeping Mwalimu Julius Nyerere's candle alight - Full Woman. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721140526/http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/Mama-Maria--Keeping-Mwalimu-Julius-Nyerere-s-candle-alight/-/689842/2346950/-/item/1/-/851xsr/-/index.html. 2015-07-21.
  9. Web site: Mama Maria: Keeping Mwalimu Julius Nyerere's candle alight. Daily Monitor. 7 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Mama Maria Nyerere emerges to refute death rumours - National - thecitizen.co.tz. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311231143/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/national/Mama-Maria-Nyerere-emerges-to-refute-death-rumours/-/1840392/2649318/-/abiv7ez/-/index.html. 2015-03-11.

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