Extra tit-bits on Zanzibar’s revolution…

Zanzibar Revolution Revisited - a Short Review Essay
AllAfrica.com
Amrit Wilson (2013), The Threat of Liberation: Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar. Pluto Press, London. XII + 175 pp. With its eight chapters and more than a dozen rare photographs of Zanzibar, this book is a well-researched study by a respected author ...

Tanzanians, and in particular the people of Zanzibar, have every reason to celebrate fifty years of the Zanzibar Revolution, gallantly staged on January 12, 1964.

>In-between celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Zanzibar revolution, most Zanzibaris feel that, it was high time the government shifted the focus from the joy of toppling the feudal sultanate , to initiating an industrial revolution that would make the lives of the majority struggling to make ends meet, happier.

>An American diplomat, Mr Donald K. Petterson,  relives the events of the Zanzibar Revolution 51 years ago. Mr Petterson was the vice consul at the US Consulate between 1963 and 1964 and consul in 1965. He was later nominated by President Ronald Regan as the US ambassador to Tanzania in 1986. Excerpts.

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Zanzibar goes Magufuli style Marking Revolution Day with clean–up operation
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Tanzania People�s Defence Forces making preparations for upcoming celebrations to mark the 52nd anniversary of Zanzibar�s Revolution. (Photo: State House.) The Zanzibar President, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein yesterday led Zanzibaris in conducting ...
Tanzania: Straight Talk - No End in Sight Yet for Zanzibar CrisisAllAfrica.com
Shein leads clean-up exercise in ZanzibarDaily News | The National Newspaper (press...

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I’m all for giving Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete the benefit of doubt, and credit him with initiating the ongoing Constitutional review processes. But, I also feel honour- and duty-bound to caution him that – judging by the controversies surrounding the review – a new, ‘better’ Constitution is elusive as his lasting legacy...

Meza Kuu , Kutoka Kushoto ni Ndugu Maumba Mgaya, Mwenyekiti wa Jumuiya, Bi Magreth Mjindo na Ndugu Andrew Katibu.

Mnano tarehe 7/11/2015, Jumuiya ya watanzania waishio nchini Thailand ilikutana na kujadiliana mambo mbalimbali ya jinsi gani wanaweza kusaidiana katika mambo mbalimbali, TIT ilianzishwa mnano mwezi wa nne mwaka, 2015 na inahusisha watanzania mbalimbali, wanafunzi,wafanyabishara na wafanyakazi waishio na kufanya nchini Thailand. Mkutano mkuu wa Jumuiya ulifanyika katika Hoteli...