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The first president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, implementeda nirtional developnrent policy of ujuntott. The policy includedthe concept of self'-relrance (kujitegemea), but in the contextof collective sroups. strong social saf-ety nets, and shared re-sources and ri'ealth.,\,hra|inttr (Teacher) Nyerere's contributionto Tanzania's unitl' and national identity is well-documented.UrrfbrtLrrratelv.,16r'alirttu is ttjtunarr policies were ecouomical-ly ur-rsuccessful. described by East Africa's leading academic,Prof-essor Ali ivlazrui. as a "Heroic Farlure."Lecture rccorded and transcribed by Prof-essor William H.Hodge.

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BIOGRAPITY & AUTOBIOGRAPITY / personal MemoirsDr. Amos Otieno Odenyo was the first Kenyan to obtaina Ph.D. (Sociology) from the University of Minnesota. He

was the Chairman of Social Sciences foryork College (CityUniversity ofNew York) for the majority of his career (1970_2007). Dl Odenyo also served on the Board of Trusteesfol World Education @oston), and tirelessly supported theeducational ambitions of his extended family L Nyu-u,Kenya.His son, Odera Odenyo, has haveled extensivelytkoughout Eastem Africa, and in 1996 obtained a MastersofArts in Intemational Relations fromAmerican Universitvin Washington D.C.For additional information, visit the authors'personal website at www.nyanzasun.com.

It begins in colonial Kenya, when at age seven, otieno is forced to lie on his backand stare at the equatorial sun. only the ancient herbs of the forest are able to preservehis sight. At age fourteen he endures the painful adult-initiation ceremony required by thehaditions of his Luo community in Gem, Nyanza province. Now considered a man, otienois required to leave his father's house and build his own. Barefoot, poor, and living in hisearth and grass "simba," otieno is rich with personal ambition and the priceless insfirationof the village elders.After graduating from Kisii High School, otieno becomes one of Kenya,s firstAfricanpolice inspectors. Howeveq his desire for higher education propels him to join the 1961"KennedyAirlift" and start a new life in South Dakota, u.s.i. ti is tne height of the civilrights era in America, and Otieno,s personal struggle has only just begun.otieno's American-bom son, odera, g."* ,rp 1istening io u, ru[", tell inspirationalstories of Nyanza. odera heard tales of the Luo migratiori rro- Uganda into Kenya, therise and fall of the great Luo warrior (Luanda Magere), the legacy oicrri.roa".uAkung,oof Gem, and the contributions ofpre-independence leaders iomNyanza. However, of allthese_great stories of Nyanza,which are documented in this ground-breaking memoir, itwas the story of his own father that most inspired Odera.

Thi" is ahistorical memoir o{ a {athet's comingto{merica, and a son's return to his fi{rican roots.

ISBN t?8-0-18a80E5_1,_?

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