The Zanzibar Révolution of 1964, the most violent outbreak of anti-Arab violence in postcolonial African history, led to the demise of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his Arab government and the merging of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba with the then-British colony of Tanganyika into the nation of Tanzania.
Nov 28, 2021
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The long history of Arab rule dated to 1698, and Zanzibar was an overseas territory of Oman until it achieved independence in 1858 under its own Sultanate.
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was ruled by an Arab sultan and a largely Arab ruling class. The Zanzibar Revolution was inspired by John Okello, an African preacher ...
The 1964 revolution was seen as the overthrow of Arab dominance by an exploited African majority. But the tragedy that unfolded failed to heal the deep ...
Historically, the Arab domination of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba was a minority rule, founded on conquest and supported by use of the islands as a depot ...
Mar 28, 2018 · a period of several weeks following the overthrow when Africans targeted islanders of mostly Arab heritage and identity for violence, ...
Jul 3, 2020 · It is important to remember that nearly nine decades separated the abolition of the slave trade and its associated violence and horror from the ...
Zanzibar retained its own regional autonomy and with the added security granted by Tanzania, began enacted sweeping reforms. Land was redistributed from Arabs ...
This was the case in Zanzibar where Africans viewed themselves relegated to the bottom of a social structure, reinforced during colonial rule, which empowered ...
The local African population supported Okello with great enthusiasm, and went on a rampage through the islands, during which more than 17,000 Arabs and Indians ...
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