No Ethnic Tensions in Tanzania?

This report points out how the ethnic tensions evident in other African countries, tensions that usually flare up in violence during elections, are absent in Tanzania, a country made up of many ethnic groups. This lack of tension is credited to the policies of Julius Nyerere who banned traditional chiefs, who are sometimes seen as symbols of division, the lack of preferential treatment of any ethnic group, and the prevalence of inter-ethnic marriages in Tanzania. These are claims that obviously need to be tested social scientifically to see if we here have elements that may contribute in reducing ethnic tensions elsewhere on the continent.