The Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) was a
nationalist
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and
conservative
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Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
-dominated
political party
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in
Zanzibar
Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...
. The ZNP, in a
coalition
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Formation
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with the
African
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-dominated
Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party
The Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party (ZPPP) was a nationalist, African-dominated political party in Zanzibar. The ZPPP, in a coalition with the Arab-dominated Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP), governed the island from 1961 to 1964. The ZPPP was ...
(ZPPP), governed the island from 1961 to 1964.
Arab diaspora in Tanzania
Defunct political parties in Zanzibar
Nationalist parties in Africa
Tanzanian people of Arab descent
Political parties of minorities
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