Zanzibar Revolution
1964 · Event
An uprising overthrows Zanzibar's Arab sultanate in a bloody revolution, leading to union with Tanganyika as Tanzania.
On these timelines: Sub-Saharan Africa, Master, Slavery & Abolition
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