THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 5
February 5 in history
What happened on February 5: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1967, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Arusha Declaration
5 Feb 1967 — Julius Nyerere sets out Ujamaa: African socialism, self-reliance, villagization. An honest attempt at a homegrown path — its results, argued to this day, decidedly mixed.
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