[21] D.B. Barret gives statistics which show Muslims as a minority: Muslims 26%, Christians 45% and local belief 28%. Tanzania National Demographic Survey figures for 1973 have Muslims at 40%, Christians 38.9% and local belief 28%. Africa South of the Sahara shows that Muslims are a majority in Tanzania at 60% this figure has remained constant in all its subsequent publications since 1991. [22]
Serikali ilikuwa imedhibiti vyombo vyote vya habari ukiondoa gazeti la The Tanganyika Standard ambalo bado lilikuwa chini ya Lonrho. Nyerere alikuwa amemuweka Martin Kiama kama mkurugenzi wa radio ya taifa, na Benjamin Mkapa [40] kama mhariri wa magazeti mawili ya TANU, The Nationalist na Uhuru. Adam Nasibu aliandikwa katika magazeti na habari zake kutangazwa katika radio kwa ajili ya kitendo chake, hasa kuhusu yale maneno aliyosema kuwa ujamaa ni sawa na mafundisho ya Qur’an.