Zanzibar Nationalist Party
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The Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) was a nationalist
, Arab
-dominated political party
in Zanzibar
. The ZNP, in a coalition
with the African-dominated Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party
(ZPPP), governed the island from 1961 to 1964.
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
, Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
-dominated political party
Political party
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in Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
. The ZNP, in a coalition
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
with the African-dominated Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party
Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party
The Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party was a nationalist, African-dominated political party in Zanzibar. The ZPPP, in a coalition with the Arab-dominated Zanzibar Nationalist Party , governed the island from 1961 to 1964. The party was the smallest of the three political parties on the islands...
(ZPPP), governed the island from 1961 to 1964.