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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