Under Nyerere, the TAA gained an increasingly political dimension, devoted to the pursuit of Tanganyikan independence from the British Empire. Nyerere himself was, according to Bjerk, "catapulted to prominence" as "a standard-bearer of the burgeoning independence movement"
Pansi pa Nyerere, TAA idakula kwambiri, yodzipereka kufunafuna ufulu wa Tanganyika kuchokera ku Ufumu wa Britain. Nyerere mwiniwakeyo, malinga ndi Bjerk, 'adatengera kutchuka' monga 'wonyamula muyeso wa gulu lodziimira palokha'