DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Tanzanian official said Wednesday that Tanzania has been selected to house the center of African Liberation Heritage Programme that seeks to celebrate Africa's recent past in which Africans achieved their freedom through struggle and sacrifice.
Tanzania and South Africa agreed the center should be located in the East African nation's political capital Dodoma after bilateral talks between held there, Tanzanian Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Harrison Mwakyembe, told a news conference.
Mwakyembe said the two countries appointed a special committee to explain the creation of the center to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in accordance with the African Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
"The program will enable Tanzanians and Africans at large to preserve the liberation heritage and write their own history," said the minister.
"Currently stories on the liberation struggle are still in people's heads. We need them to tell us of what happened and put them in writing and other format such as videos and audio recordings for future generations to understand our past."
He said his ministry has already conducted interviews with at least 100 liberation struggle veterans in efforts to preserve the history.
Mwakyembe said the education ministry has also started reviewing its curriculum to include a subject on the liberation struggle in schools. Enditem
