Happy Zanzibar Revolution Day! | Pepsi Tanzania

RASMI MATEMBEZI YA KUADHIMISHA MIAKA 62 YA MAPINDUZI MATUKUFU YA ZANZIBAR YAMEANZA MKOA WA KASKAZINI PEMBA Matembezi ya Umoja wa Vijana wa Chama cha Mapinduzi ya Kuadhimisha Miaka 62 ya Mapinduzi Matukufu ya Zanzibar Katika Mkoa wa Kaskazini Pemba. Mgeni Rasmi: Naibu Katibu Mkuu UVCCM Zanzibar Komredi Abdi Mahmoud Abdi 🗓 08 JANUARY 2026# | UVCCM Zanzibar

Today is Zanzibar Revolution Day, January 12, 1964. Black Zanzibaris were the majority, but an Arab ruling minority controlled land, wealth, and political power through the clove plantation economy. And when the British arrived, they deepened racial tension using a divide and rule policy, separating communities, favoring certain groups, and helping maintain a system where Africans were locked out of real power. So on January 12, 1964, the people rose up, led by John Okello, and overthrew an unju