Afro-Shirazi Party
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The Afro-Shirazi Party was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party.
A kanga celebrating TANU and ASP (House of Wonders museum, Stone Town, Zanzibar)
Abeid Karume
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Abeid Amani Karume was a Tanzanian politician and statesman who served as the first president of Zanzibar and vice-president of Tanzania from 1964 until his assassination in 1972.
Afro-Shirazi Party
…and Pemba People's Party alliance who collectively claimed 18 seats. Unsatisfied with such unfair representation in parliament, the ASP, headed by Abeid Karume, collaborated with the Umma Party to begin the Zanzibar Revolution on 12 January 1964. The revolution overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar and established…
Karume in 1964
Karume on Tanzania 200 shillings