Okello began by gaining support amongst the black population, then
started to capture strategic police and government buildings. Okello
based himself in the building of the radio station, to help him
broadcast his message to the now hungry revolutionaries.
Within a couple of days, 17000 Arabs and Indians were killed.
Witnesses testify that blood was flowing down the streets. Many Arabs
and Asians fled, their land confiscated and nationalised. Abied
Karume, leader of the Afro-Shirazi party, was declared the new
president and proceeded to form the Revolutionary Government of
Zanzibar.
This was a new beginning for the people of Zanzibar that had
witnessed centuries of oppression.
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