Talk:Abeid Karume

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This page needs some serious work

Comment: the statement, 'Karume and Abrahman Babu over threw the elected government of Zanzibar'. Is totally incorrect. John Okello led the mob that took over the police armoury. This article needs re-writing as Zanzibar is about to 'celebrate' fifty years since this event.Zanzibar64 (talk) 04:13, 26 October 2013 (UTC) ---

It does indeed need work. Almost everything after "Though it is commonly believed..." is unsubstantiated and has a political bias. It sounds like a campaign statement for Karume: "Karume created a non-class-based society which was fundamental in his goal of upgrading the living standards of the average Zanzibari", for example.

I have essentially rewritten the article. I'm sure the new version is still fairly rough, and any input would be appreciated.

Vitam 21:36, 11 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Still lots needed - "Karume's second stroke of political genius..." for example. violet/riga (t) 22:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Karume becoming President
"He obtained this title as a result of a popular revolution which lead to the deposing of the last Sultan in Zanzibar during January 1964" I would like to dispute this comment: The revolution of 1964 deposed the democratically elected independent government of Zanzibar: A process agreed to by all parties to the election. The Sultan was but a constitutional monarch without executive powers. The revolution was not "popular". The violence, rapes, mass murders, summary executions that followed shortly thereafter and the years of repression under the Karume regime are nothing to be proud of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zanzibar64 (talk • contribs) 14:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite
I am currently rewriting this article in userspace as a result of a request from another user. Hopefully this will make the article more neutral in tone and should be more comprehensive than it is at the moment. However time is at a premium for me at the moment so this could take a little while, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 12:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

changed the word 'popular' to 'violent'. Only a few hundred revolutionaries overthrew the gov. led by Okello, a madman. It was not popular. See reference. Zanzibar64 (talk) 04:48, 14 February 2013 (UTC)