“Imperialist Goats” & Tanzania’s Oct. 28 Elections

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Lee, Jia Hui:
“Imperialist Goats” & Tanzania’s Oct. 28 Elections.
In: Allegra Lab.
Oktober 2020

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President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania brought “beberu” back into political currency. Beberu means billy-goat in Kiswahili, a term used to describe imperialists. Julius K. Nyerere, the country’s first president, popularised the term beberu when he used it to describe European nations and the United States. This article examines Magufuli's use of the term amid his use of anti-imperialist nationalist ideas in the run-up to Tanzania's general elections on 28 October 2020.