Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu | |
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Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu on the left | |
| Born | 22 September 1924 |
| Died | 5 August 1996 (aged 71) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Pan-Africanist nationalist and politician |
| Notable work | Socialist Africa or African Socialism (1981) |
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 was merged with mainland Tanganyika to form Tanzania. He was jailed by Nyerere from 1972 and, after his release following an international campaign, remained a vocal critic of imperialism, authoritarian states and excessively statist (as well as private capitalist) development models.