DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 10 -- TANZANIA marks 64 years of independence at a moment of profound reflection.

Each year brings an opportunity to look back, to honour the journey that began in 1961 and to ask ourselves what independence truly means today. But this anniversary carries a deeper weight.

The world is changing fast and not always kindly. The pressures of global politics, foreign interests, economic shifts and the unstoppable flood of digital information demand something more from us especially from the youth who will carry this nation into its next chapter.

This is a call, therefore, not just to celebrate, but to awaken. To remember. And to recommit. When Julius Kambarage Nyerere led Tanganyika to independence, he offered the nation...