Afro-Shirazi Party

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The Afro-Shirazi Party was a Zanzibari political party that led the overthrow of the Arab-dominated Sultanate and became the dominant force in the islands’ post-revolution government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
afterEvent union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika to form Tanzania ⓘ
associatedWith Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 ⓘ
linked to: Zanzibar Revolution
chairperson Abeid Karume ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
dateDissolved 1977 ⓘ
dateFounded 1957 ⓘ
ethnicBase African population of Zanzibar ⓘ
Shirazi population of Zanzibar ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Afro Party ⓘ
Shirazi Association ⓘ
foundedIn Zanzibar ⓘ
governed People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba ⓘ
headquartersLocation Zanzibar Town ⓘ
linked to: Zanzibar City
historicalEra Cold War era African politics ⓘ
historicalSignificance overthrew the Arab-dominated Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ
ideology African socialism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
inGovernmentWith Tanganyika African National Union ⓘ
languageOfPolitics Swahili ⓘ
leader Abeid Karume ⓘ
mergedInto Chama Cha Mapinduzi ⓘ
notableMember Abeid Karume ⓘ
Aboud Jumbe ⓘ
Ali Sultan Issa ⓘ
opposedPolicy Arab supremacy in Zanzibar ⓘ
opposedTo Arab-dominated ruling elite in Zanzibar ⓘ
Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ
politicalOrientation anti-colonial ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
politicalStatus ruling party of Zanzibar after the 1964 revolution ⓘ
politicalSystemInfluence one-party dominance in Zanzibar after 1964 ⓘ
region Zanzibar Archipelago ⓘ
represented interests of African and Shirazi majority in Zanzibar ⓘ
resultedIn establishment of a revolutionary government in Zanzibar ⓘ
roleInEvent leading force in the Zanzibar Revolution ⓘ
significantEvent Zanzibar Revolution ⓘ
successor Chama Cha Mapinduzi ⓘ

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Zanzibar Revolution → supportedBy → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Chama Cha Mapinduzi → formedByMergerOf → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Chama Cha Mapinduzi → predecessor → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Zanzibar general election, 1963 → relatedTo → Afro-Shirazi Party–Umma Party alliance ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Shirazi Party
Zanzibar Nationalist Party → competedWith → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Zanzibar Nationalist Party → opposedBy → Afro-Shirazi Party-led revolutionary forces ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Shirazi Party
Umma Party → alliedWith → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Umma Party → mergedInto → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Abeid Karume → memberOfPoliticalParty → Afro-Shirazi Party ⓘ
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu → politicalParty → Afro‑Shirazi Party ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Shirazi Party