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The last sultan of Zanzibar was coronated on 1 July 1963. Here's Jamshid bin Abdullah's installation, courtesy Reuters. He was to rule for barely 6 months. On 12 Jan. 1964 the sultanate of Zanzibar was overthrown in a popular revolution, led by the Ugandan laborer John Okello.

Sixty years ago, the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar was born. Also sixty years ago, another union took place. Today would have been the 60th wedding anniversary for my parents...the first wedding after the Zanzibar Revolution. Happy Anniversary to Dr. and Mrs. Salim.

"Ni Bahati Bahati tena"

Field Marshall John Okello of Zanzibar and Pemba, who was born in Otuke district, Lango, Northern Uganda is enigmatic. It is not like the revolution is so ancient. It happened in 1964! Recently. A true fighting man. I am always intrigued by the spiritual aspect of revolution

So chaos, mugging etc all over Thika Road for hours and security forces are AWOL, but peaceful protests and the entire Interior Department pours into Nairobi 🤔what a wau?

"In just 50 days Donald Trump has upended our world" 🇺🇸 Sky's Dominic Waghorn has travelled to Kenya, Finland, and Greenland, meeting the people who have been directly impacted by Trump's second term in the White House 👇

Daily Know 42 million dollars was paid for this research. Something every grandmother could tell you for free.

Colorized footage is like a time machine 🧵 1. English kids in 1901, 124 years ago

FACTS: 70% of Kenyans are under 35, Gen Z and millenials. This demographic is less likely to be swayed by the traditional buy outs in politics, also less likely to be tribal. 65.7% of revenue goes to debt servicing, 30% recurrent expenditure, 5% corruption and development.

President Ruto has said that in 2 years, Rigathi Gachagua never mentioned a single government project on TV, not even one road. It’s either, Riggy G is NOT a truthful man, or the president just admitted that in the 1st 2 years in office, Kenya Kwanza did not build a single road.

Firstever milk powder made in Tanzania. A new chapter in dairy begins.

A video of Nairobi around 1965/66. Clip by Harald Reportagen

A snap of Biashara Street in Nairobi in 1970.

Kiatu bila break 😂😂😂😂

The Road to Making Life Multiplanetary: an update from Elon Musk on SpaceX's plan to reach Mars

Aboriginal man Tom Noytuna using newly installed phone for the first time, circa 1980.

Brilliant.. ⁦New York Post⁩ 🤣🤣

"Hapo kwa cousins tutumie comeback gani sasa? Hata mimi nimeshindwa, bro haiwezi"

On May 8, Bill Gates announced to the New York Times that he planned to spend down the $200 billion in his foundation’s coffers by Dec. 31, 2045—several decades before originally intended. A month later, Gates revealed that the majority of that money will go to bolstering the

THREAD (1) This was how the 1964 Revolution in Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) that overthrew centuries of Arab domination was carried out..