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[TD] Incorporation of Swahili Womens Societies into the Struggle, 1955
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[TD="width: 752"] It was when Nyerere was in Musoma that John Hatch from the Labour Party came to Tanganyika as a guest of TANU.
The Party held a very big meeting at Mnazi Mmoja and Hatch addressed the people.
It is estimated about 20,000 TANU members and supporters turned out for the meeting. In that meeting Ali Mwinyi Tambwe interpreted for Hatch.
Denis Phombeah, as well as the General Secretary of TANU, Oscar Kambona, also spoke.
Hatch, who was sympathetic to the emancipation of the black race, found out that TANU did not have a formal womens wing.
At a tea party given by TANU in his honour Hatch raised this issue with Schneider and Rupia.
Hatch told Schneider that to have a strong movement women must not be left behind.
Hatch told Schneider that the Labour Party in Britain had women as its main constituents.
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[TD="width: 752"] Schneider approached Bibi Tatu Binti Mzee and asked her to organize a womens wing for TANU. Bibi Tatu Binti Mzee recommended Bibi Titi Mohamed because of her outgoing character and the fact that she was a member of Bomba Kusema.
And it is from this nucleus of womens societies in Dar es Salaam that Umoja wa Wanawake wa Tanganyika (UWT) came to be formed in 1962, and Bibi Titi Mohamed was elected its first chairperson.
Many people think that Bibi Titi Mohamed was recruited into the Party by Nyerere. Bibi Titi addressed two meetings after the Hatch meeting in June, 1955, at Mnazi Mmoja; and by then she had not yet been introduced to Nyerere.
In fact Bibi Titi and her husband Boi Selemani were recruited into the movement by Schneider Plantan. Boi Selemani is the holder of TANU card no. 15 while Bibi Titi as already mentioned is holder of card no. 16.
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[TD="width: 752"] Taarab groups in Dar es Salaam and exclusive Muslim womens societies such as Saniyyat Hubb, Goodluck, Coronation, Bomba Kusema and lelemama groups, which were affiliated to either Al-Watan or Egyptian, played a very significant role in mobilising people to support TANU.
Leading and mobilising these womens societies were Bibi Titi Mohamed and a Manyema lady, Bibi Hawa Binti Maftah. No single person apart from Nyerere himself was able to popularize TANU as Bibi Titi Mohamed did.
Bibi Hawa Binti Maftah as the head of lelemama was known as The Queen.
She was the one who introduced lelemama songs into TANU meetings to boost party morale.
Similar womens societies in Tabora like Nujum ul Azhar, Waradatil Hubb and Egyptian Club under women such Nyange Binti Chande and Dharura Binti Abdulrahman helped to give TANU a foothold in Western Province. [/TD]
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