Presidency didn't come to Abeid Amani Karume on a silver platter. Before leading Zanzibar (which would eventually merge with Tanganyika to form Tanzania), the region had been under British control. And even when it finally gained independence on December 10, 1963, it was still under the control of the Omani Arabs, under the Sultan Jamshid...

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