Tanzania, dziko lokhala ndi malo okongola komanso cholowa chamitundu yosiyanasiyana, lili ndi mbiri yakale yazaka masauzande ambiri. Kuyambira nthawi ya osaka-osaka oyambirira kupita ku ulamuliro wachitsamunda ndi kumenyera ufulu wodzilamulira, ulendo wake umadziwika ndi kulimba mtima ndi mgwirizano. Masiku ano, Tanzania ili ngati dziko lonyada, lopangidwa ndi mbiri yake yakale komanso yapadera. Lowani nafe pamene tikufufuza mbiri yake, kuyambira nthawi za utsamunda mpaka ku utsamunda, ufulu wodzilamulira, mgwirizano ndi Zanzibar, komanso kupita patsogolo kwa utsamunda.
Kalekale dziko la Tanzania lisanakhale dziko lodziwika, dzikolo linali kwawo kwa makolo akale kwambiri a anthu. Umboni wa zinthu zakale zochokera ku Olduvai Gorge, lofukulidwa motchuka ndi Dr. Louis Leakey ndi gulu lake, likusonyeza kuti moyo wa munthu unayambira kuno zaka mamiliyoni aŵiri zapitazo. Pamene nthawi inkapita, magulu osiyanasiyana anakhazikika m’derali, kuphatikizapo anthu olankhula Chibantu, amene anayambitsa ulimi, zitsulo, ndi malonda.
Dera la m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Tanzania lidachita gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakukulitsa mgwirizano wamalonda ndi Middle East ndi Asia. Pofika m'zaka za m'ma 8, amalonda achiarabu anali atakhazikitsa midzi m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Swahili, kusakaniza zikhalidwe za ku Africa ndi Arabu kuti akhazikitse chitukuko cha Chiswahili. Mizinda ngati Kilwa ndi Zanzibar inakula, ndipo inakhala malo akuluakulu ogulitsa golide, minyanga ya njovu, ndi zonunkhira. Nthawi imeneyi idafalikiranso Chisilamu, chomwe chidakali chipembedzo champhamvu ku Tanzania masiku ano.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 19, maulamuliro a ku Ulaya anatembenukira ku Africa pa nthawi ya “Scramble for Africa” yodziwika bwino kwambiri. Germany idalamulira derali m'zaka za m'ma 1880, ndikulitcha German East Africa. Ulamuliro wa atsamunda unakhazikitsa malamulo okhwima, kudyera masuku pamutu nthaka ndi anthu pofuna kupeza chuma. Komabe, kukana mayendedwe ngati Kupanduka kwa Maji Maji wa 1905-1907 adawonetsa chikhumbo champhamvu cha a Tanzania kumenyera ufulu wawo.
Germany itagonja pa Nkhondo Yadziko I, ulamuliro wa dzikolo unasamutsidwira ku Britain molamulidwa ndi League of Nations. Deralo linadzatchedwanso Tanganyika, ndipo ulamuliro wa Britain unayambitsa njira zatsopano zachuma ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu. Ulamuliro wa atsamunda udalimbikitsa ulimi wa mbewu za ndalama, makamaka sisal, thonje ndi khofi, pomwe amamanganso zomangamanga monga njanji ndi misewu. Komabe, anthu akumeneko analibe ulamuliro wochepa, zomwe zinasonkhezera chikhumbo cha kudzilamulira.
Kumenyera ufulu wodzilamulira kudakula kwambiri chapakati pa zaka za zana la 20, motsogozedwa ndi Julius Nyerere wachikoka komanso Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). Nyerere, yemwe anali mtsogoleri wamasomphenya, adatsindika mgwirizano ndi kudzidalira. Kudzera m’kukambitsirana kwamtendere, Tanganyika inapeza ufulu wodzilamulira kuchokera ku Britain pa December 9, 1961. Patatha chaka chimodzi, dzikolo linakhala lipabuliki ndi Nyerere monga pulezidenti wake woyamba.
Kudzilamulira kunali chiyambi cha nyengo yatsopano, koma kunabweranso ndi zovuta. Fuko lachinyamatali linayenera kumanga chuma chake, kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro, ndi kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pa anthu. Ndondomeko za Nyerere za Socialist, zomwe zimadziwika kuti Ujamaa, zinali ndi cholinga chokhazikitsa anthu odzidalira okha potengera chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso ulimi wamagulu. Ngakhale zinali zokhumba, ndondomekozi zinakumana ndi zovuta ndipo sizinakwaniritse zolinga zawo zonse.
Panthawiyi, pafupi ndi gombe, Zanzibar inali ndi mikangano yandale. Ulamuliro wosakanikirana ndi zikoka za Arabu, Africa, ndi Europe, Zanzibar idakumana ndi zisintha mu 1964 zomwe zidagwetsa olamulira achiarabu. Chaka chomwecho, Tanganyika ndi Zanzibar zinagwirizana kupanga United Republic of Tanzania pa April 26, 1964. Kugwirizana kumeneku kunali njira yabwino yolimbikitsira madera onse aŵiri ndi kulimbikitsa bata. Ngakhale izi, Zanzibar ilibe ufulu wodzilamulira, ndi boma lake komanso purezidenti.
M’zaka zotsatira pambuyo pa ufulu, dziko la Tanzania linakumana ndi mavuto azachuma ndi ndale. Utsogoleri wa Nyerere udayang'ana pa maphunziro ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo, kupita patsogolo kwambiri pakuwongolera kuchuluka kwa anthu odziwa kuwerenga komanso kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala. Komabe, mavuto azachuma adayambitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa mfundo zomasula chuma m'zaka za m'ma 1980 ndi 1990, kuchoka ku mfundo za Socialist.
Masiku ano, Tanzania ndi dziko lomwe likutukuka kwambiri ndipo chuma chikukula chifukwa cha zokopa alendo, ulimi, ndi zachilengedwe. Kupezeka kwa gasi wachilengedwe komanso kuyika ndalama pazomangamanga kwalimbikitsanso chiyembekezo chachuma. Mwa ndale, dziko la Tanzania lakhalabe limodzi mwa mayiko okhazikika mu Africa, ndi kusintha kwamphamvu kwamtendere kuyambira kukhazikitsidwa kwa demokalase ya zipani zambiri mu 1992.
Zosangalatsa Zokhudza Tanzania
Tanzania ndi kwathu Phiri la Kilimanjaro, phiri lalitali kwambiri mu Afirika, limene limakopa anthu okwera mapiri masauzande ambiri chaka chilichonse.
The Malo osungirako zachilengedwe a Serengeti kuchititsa Great Migration, chimodzi mwa zochitika zochititsa chidwi kwambiri za nyama zakuthengo padziko lapansi.
M’dzikoli mulinso mitundu yoposa 120, ndipo mtundu uliwonse ukuchititsa kuti anthu azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana azisiyana.
Chiswahili, chinenero cha dzikolo, chimalankhulidwa kwambiri ndipo chimagwirizanitsa anthu.
Komanso, Magombe a Zanzibar zili m'gulu lokongola kwambiri padziko lapansi, zomwe zimapangitsa Tanzania kukhala malo abwino kwambiri opitako kwa apaulendo.
Kuchokera ku mbiri yakale mpaka ku zomwe zakwaniritsa masiku ano, Tanzania ikupitilizabe kukula ndikulemekeza zakale. Ndi mtundu womangidwa pa kulimba mtima, umodzi, ndi masomphenya a tsogolo labwino.