The Umma Party was a

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

political party in

Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...

. It was founded in 1963 by disaffected socialist Arabs from the ruling

Zanzibar Nationalist Party The Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) was a nationalist and conservative Arab-dominated political party in Zanzibar. The party platform called for restoration of the sovereignty of Sultanate and local self determination. The ZNP, in a coalition ...

. It was led by

Abdulrahman Muhammad Babu Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu (22 September 1924 – 5 August 1996) was a Zanzibar-born Marxist and pan-Africanist nationalist who played an important role in the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution and served as a minister under Julius Nyerere after the island ...

and supported the

Afro-Shirazi Party The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party. In the 1963 Zanzibari general election, the ASP claimed 13 ...

during the 1964

Zanzibar Revolution The Zanzibar Revolution (; ) began on 12 January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah and his mainly Arab government by the island's majority Black African population. Zanzibar was an ethnically di ...

. Babu was made

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following the revolution. The party merged into the Afro-Shirazi Party on 8 March 1964.

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*. *. Arab diaspora in Tanzania Arab socialist political parties Defunct political parties in Zanzibar Political parties of minorities 1963 establishments in Zanzibar Socialist parties in Tanzania
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