Today is Zanzibar Revolution Day, January 12, 1964. Black Zanzibaris were the majority, but an Arab ruling minority controlled land, wealth, and political power through the clove plantation economy. And when the British arrived, they deepened racial tension using a divide and rule policy, separating communities, favoring certain groups, and helping maintain a system where Africans were locked out of real power. So on January 12, 1964, the people rose up, led by John Okello, and overthrew an unju