FTP, who allied with Oscar Kambona to lead Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and was President of Tanzania until 1985?
His "Arusha Declaration" proposed a form of African socialism to oppose the personality-driven style of Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana.  His own influence over East Africa was no less complete, however: he drove Idi Amin from power in Uganda and merged his own nation with Zanzibar.  FTP, who allied with Oscar Kambona to lead Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and was President of Tanzania until 1985?
His "Arusha Declaration" proposed a form of African socialism to oppose the personality-driven style of Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana.  
Julius Nyerere