Umma Party (Zanzibar)

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Umma Party
Leader Abdulrahman Muhammad Babu
Founded1963
Dissolved8 March 1964
Split from Zanzibar Nationalist Party
Merged into Afro-Shirazi Party
Ideology Zanzibari nationalism [1]
Marxist socialism [1]
Arab socialism [1]
Republicanism
Arab interests [1]
Political position Far-left

The Umma Party was a socialist political party in Zanzibar. It was founded in 1963 by disaffected socialist Arabs from the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party. [2] It was led by Abdulrahman Muhammad Babu and supported the Afro-Shirazi Party during the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution. [3] Babu was made Minister of External Affairs following the revolution. [3] The party merged into the Afro-Shirazi Party on 8 March 1964.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kingston-Cox, Will (2022-12-13). "Was the revolt in Zanzibar of 1964 determined by race or ideology?". Kleio Historical Journal. (Self-published). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  2. Bakari 2001 , p. 204
  3. 1 2 Speller 2007 , p. 7

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