Karume, Abeid Amani, 1905-1972

LC control no.	n 81028087
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Karume, Abeid Amani, 1905-1972 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Karume, Abeid Amani, 1905-1971
Associated country	Zanzibar Tanzania
Birth date	19050804
Death date	19720407
Place of death	Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Field of activity	Zanzibar--Politics and government
Affiliation	Afro-Shirazi Party African Association (Tanzania)
Profession or occupation	Presidents Vice-Presidents Politicians
Special note	Not the same as: Karume, Amani Abeid, 1948- , his son, who was president of Zanzibar from 2000 to 2010.
Found in	His Mateuo ya Rais Karume, 1967. Speeches of Their Excellencies the President of Tanzania and the first Vice President on the occasion of the six anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution, 1970: p. 1 (His Excellency the first Vice-President of Tanzania Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume) Wikipedia, Sep. 19, 2014 (Abeid Karume; Abeid Amani Karume; Aug. 4, 1905 - Apr. 7, 1972; allegedly b. in the village of Mwera (or possibly in Uganda) in 1905; left Zanzibar when young, worked as a seaman, traveling to London among other places, before entering politics; named first President of Zanzibar in the wake of the Zanzibar Revolution deposing the last Sultan of Zanzibar, Jan. 1964; three months later Zanzibar united with Tanganyika to formed the United Republic of Tanzania, and Karume became the first Vice President of the United Republic, with Julius Nyerere as President; he was assassinated in Zanzibar town in Apr. 1972) Facts on file, History database search website, viewed Sep. 19, 2014 (Karume, Abeid Amani; b. 1905, d. 1972; president of Zanzibar; born to a woman captive in the then German colony of Ruanda-Urundi; in the early 1950s he became president of the Zanzibar African Association, a labor union of black migrant workers; in 1957 that association joined the Shirazi Association to form the Afri-Shirazi Party (ASP), Karume was named the party's president; after he became president of the People's Republic of Zanzibar he struck a deal with Nyerere, co-founder of the ASP, to unite and form Tanzania; he was assassinated by members of Zanzibar's military) Vijimambo (blog), Biography on Abeid Amani Karume, Sheikh, June 23, 2012, viewed Sep. 19, 2014 (apparently the son of a slave woman from Ruanda-Urundi who moved to Zanzibar when the boy was young; had little formal education, became a seaman working cargo boats in 1920, rose to quartermaster; member of the British Seamen's Union; entered politics in 1954 when appointed town councilor; an eloquent Swahili orator, spoke halting English; assassinated Apr. 7, 1972 in Dar es Salaam)
Associated language	swa eng