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Zanzibar Magic
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history INDEPENDENCE, REVOLUTION & DEMOCRACY 1964 TO THE PRESENT |
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| All the more surprising then, that when the British finally gave back Zanzibar her independence in 1963, the | ||
| Sultan was re-instated as sovereign and almost all of the wealth and power was handed back to the old Arab | ||
| families. No surprise however that the people of Zanzibar rose up against this unfairness a year later in a bloody | ||
| revolution, installing Sheik Abeid Amani Karume as President - the first African leader in Zanzibar for at least | ||
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| By independence the economy of Zanzibar, which had been in steady decline for decades, was not very healthy. | ||
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Over the next twenty years, a combination of unfortunate price collapses in the prices of cloves and copra, the two primary exports, combined with some rather naive and interventionist government policies brought the country to its knees. Only during the late 90's, after the government became more moderate, was the new primary industry of Zanzibar able to get started. |
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Tourism, although relatively speaking still small scale, is by far and away the primary earner now for the country and looks set to continue.
GOVERNMENT- Zanzibar is an island state within the United Republic of Tanzania, and has its own semi-autonomous government made up of a Revolutionary Council and House of Representatives.
The present government is led by the island's President, Amani Karume. |
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