1722: Nsajigwa I. Mwasokwa on Humanism, Freethought, Secularism, and Critical Thinking in Tanzania
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/08/04
“ENDURANCE describes my struggle. Like a Stoic philosopher, living been misunderstood, what you can’t change, you have to endure.”
“While many possible nonbeliever individuals are in the closet, however for the youth, the horizon of skepticism has risen.”
“I am the pioneer number one for this philosophy, life-stance here since the mid-1990s before the arrival of the internet in Tanzania.”
“Things should be done as traditions and what religions require. On religion itself, it is very influential, plus our political culture is illiberal.”
“A freethinker has gone beyond religion and is living by a golden rule.”
“By 1998, before the internet came in Tanzania, I came to know two worlds: free thinking and humanism.”
“Also, To ‘Think Anew’ in a rational empirical-based manner.”
“Needed is rational, empirical, secular education, and campaigns based upon.”
“I support all three aspects of Humanism: Ethical, Religious, and Secular. I am in line per se with the concept of ‘Non-theism.’”
“There are Tanzanians who think outside of the box of religiosity despite the fact that in Africa religion is overwhelmingly omnipresent and -potent.”
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