Abstract

The Mutinous Armies

This article discusses about the mutinous armies of Africa. The mutiny of Tanganyika's soldiers, forced the African President Julius K. Nyerere to seek the help of British troops in disarming the nation's own army. Elected, almost unanimously, Nyerere had no organized opposition and was apparently supported by the great majority of Tanganyikans. But popular as he is, the people stood by while a handful of soldiers made a mockery of his authority. It is a measure of Nyerere's desperation that he, like the leaders of Kenya and Uganda, was forced to call on the British for troops, the most humiliating request that an ex-colony could make. The plight of Julius Nyerere proves how misleading the surface appearance of African politics can be.