What the records say
- When
- Jan 1964
- Kind
- Genocide
- Coordinates
- 6.15° S, 39.34° E
- Description
- 1964 genocide of the Arab community in Zanzibar
Massacre of Arabs during the Zanzibar Revolution
1964 mass killing incident in Zanzibar
In January 1964, during and following the Zanzibar Revolution, Arab residents of Zanzibar were victims of targeted violence committed by the island’s majority Black African population. Arabs were mass murdered, raped, tortured and deported from the island by Black African militiamen under the Afro-Shirazi Party and Umma Party.
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