October 14 is a special day for the United Republic of Tanzania, it is a day set aside for the commemoration of the life of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Father of the Nation. He was the first Prime Minister of independent Tanganyika (1961) and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
A Pan-Africanist per excellence, anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. (13 April, 1922 - 14 October, 1999)