| Native name | Chama cha Afro-Shirazi |
|---|---|
| Leader | Abeid Karume |
| Headquarters | Zanzibar City |
| Foundation | 5 February 1957 (69) |
| Dissolution | 5 February 1977 (49) |
| Merger | Shiraz Party, Afro Party |
| Merged | Chama cha Mapinduzi |
| Youth wing | Afro-Shirazi Youth League |
| Ideology | African nationalism[1] Socialism[2] Pan-Africanism[1] |
| Position | Left-wing[3] to far-left[4] |
| Country | Tanzania |
The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party.
In the 1963 Zanzibari general election, the ASP claimed 13 seats and the majority of votes cast, yet the election ended up favouring the Zanzibar Nationalist Party and Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party alliance who collectively claimed 18 seats.[5] Unsatisfied with such unfair representation in parliament, the ASP, headed by Abeid Karume, collaborated with the Umma Party to begin the Zanzibar Revolution on 12 January 1964. The revolution overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar and established the People's Republic of Zanzibar, ruled by Abeid Karume. Following the establishment of the republic, the ASP banned the previous ruling parties—the Zanzibar Nationalist Parity and the Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party.[6] On 5 February 1977, the party joined with the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) to form Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).[7]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Banks, Arthur S. & Overstreet, William (eds.) (1983). Political Handbook of the World: 1982-1983 : Governments and Intergovernmental Organisation as of January 1st 1983. McGraw-Hill. p. 476. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
Communist and Cuban models influenced its explicitly socialist program.
- ^ "Tanzania country profile". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
1964 - Zanzibar revolution. Sultan of Zanzibar is overthrown in a violent, left-wing revolution led by the Afro-Shirazi Party.
- ^ "Zanzibar's Past, Tanzania's Future: From the 1964 Revolution to the 2015 Elections". Imperial & Global Forum. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
Though the revolution was not a communist seizure of power, it was given this veneer by the presence in the new regime of far-left politicians with connections to Beijing and Moscow.
- ^ "Zanzibar: 1963 Elections". Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. Archived 7 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Conley, Robert (14 January 1964), "Regime Banishes Sultan", New York Times, p. 4, archived 7 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ "Kikwete deplores divisive politics". Daily News (Tanzania). 4 February 2013. Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.