Tanzania adopts Swahili to unite the country

<p>After Tanzania, then called Tanganyika, became independent from Britain in 1961, the country's leader, Julius Nyerere, made Swahili the national language to unite its people.</p><p>Walter Bgoya tells Ben Henderson about his conversations with Nyerere and how the policy changed Tanzania.</p><p>(Photo: Julius Nyerere. Credit: Keystone via Getty Images)</p>