Michael Kamaliza Explained
Michael Kamaliza was a Tanzanian politician who was a minister of labor and general secretary of the National Union of Tanganyika Workers.[1]
In October 1969, he was arrested, along with a group of army officers and former head of the National Women's Organisation Bibi Titi Mohammad. Kamaliza and the others were alleged to have plotted a coup and assassination against Tanzania president Julius Nyerere.[2] [3] After a trial that lasted from 24 June 1970 to February 1971, they were sentenced for treason.[4] [5]
Kamaliza was co-founder of the African Commercial Employee's Association in 1951 and the Tanganyika Federation of Labour (TFL) in 1955.[6]
Notes and References
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- News: 1970-07-19 . Witness in Tanzanian Treason Trial Says Conspirator Had Links With U.S. Information Service Official . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-09 . 0362-4331.
- News: 1970-07-13 . Tanzanian Treason Trial Entering Third Week . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-09 . 0362-4331.
- Book: Christenson, Ron . Political Trials in History: From Antiquity to the Present . Transaction Publishers . 1991 . 978-1-4128-3125-3 . 234 . en.
- 1971 . Court of Appeal for East Africa . Journal of African Law . en . 15 . 3 . 278–321 . 10.1017/S0021855300007439 . 1464-3731.
- Mukangara . Daudi R. . 1997 . The Development of Anti-Dependence Policies in Tanzania . The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs . 24 . 1/2 . 1–27 . 45419958 . 0856-0056.