The Arusha Declaration Monument ( sw, Mnara wa Azimio la Arusha) is a landmark
monument
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and tourist attraction located in
Kati
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ward in
Arusha,
Tanzania
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. It was unveiled in 1977 by the nation's ruling
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to commemorate ten years of the
Arusha Declaration
The Arusha Declaration ( sw, Azimio la Arusha) and TANU’s Policy on Socialism and Self Reliance (1967), referred to as the Arusha Declaration, is known as Tanzania’s most prominent political statement of African Socialism, ‘Ujamaa’, or ...
.
It is situated along Makongoro Road at the centre of the roundabout.
In April 2015, part of the monument was vandalised when one of its copper
plaques
Plaque may refer to:
Commemorations or awards
* Commemorative plaque, a plate or tablet fixed to a wall to mark an event, person, etc.
* Memorial Plaque (medallion), issued to next-of-kin of dead British military personnel after World War I
* Pla ...
was stolen.
Gallery
File:Uhuru Monument Aug 2011.jpg
File:Arusha Declaration Monument mural A.jpg, A mural depicting farmers working with hoes
File:Arusha Declaration Monument mural B.jpg, A mural depicting ploughing done with an animal
See also
*
Ujamaa
References
Monuments and memorials in Tanzania
Buildings and structures in Arusha
Tourist attractions in the Arusha Region
Vandalized works of art
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