Tanzania: Union Here to Stay, Many People Behind It

opinion

IT was joy all over the country in 1964 when Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to form Tanzania. This happened about four months after the January 12, Revolution which toppled the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government.

We were very little children when all this was happening so, the events didn't mean much to us. We did not even know which was the neighbouring region in our hometown, so Zanzibar sounded like a distant country. That didn't however neutralize our desire to know the Isles and the people's culture.

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