Contemporary era · 1964
Zanzibar Revolution
The Zanzibar Revolution (Swahili: Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar; Arabic: ثورة زنجبار, romanized: Thawrat Zanjibār) began on 12 January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah and his mainly Arab government by the island's majority Black African population.
- When
- 12 Jan 1964
- Where
- Zanzibar Archipelago
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Zanzibar Revolution, CC BY-SA 4.0