Topic: Mchango wa John Okello [che Guevara wa East Africa] umefutwaje?

Mwka 1964 siku thelathini baada ya uhuru wa bandia wa Zanzibar, wanamapinduzi kumi na nne wakiongozwa na mpigania uhuru John Okello aliwaongoza kwenye mapinduzi ya Zanzibar yaliyokuwa na umwagaji mkubwa wa damu.

Baada ya mapinduzi kufanikiwa John Okello [kiongozi wa mapinduzi] alichukua jukumu la kutangaza mapinduzi kwenye radio Zanzibar, ikumbukwe pia wakati mapambano yakiendelea ..aliyekuja kuwa rais wa Zanzibar mzee Karume na Babu walikuwa mafichoni na hawakushika wala bisibisi kwenye mapinduzi na hata ukiangalia ile picha ya wanamapinduzi ya kwanza John Okello amevalia kipolisi na amekaa kama kiongozi rasmi.

Baada ya hali kutulia Okello anamtangaza Karume rais na Abdulrahman Babu kuwa Waziri mkuu. Na ndie aliyeenda kumpokea Karume kutoka alikokuwa amejificha kwa siku kadhaa.

Baada ya siku chache mzee Karume akamfukuza Zanzibar kama mbwa John Okello [Field Marshal] na bila kujali mchango wake anatokomea kusikojulikana na historiaa ya mapinduzi ikafutwa na nafasi ya Okello ikaja kuwa mkwezi, mpiga tofali ambaye alibahatika kupiga picha [akiwa amekaa kitini katikati tu kwa sababu ya kuwa na kipaji cha kuongea - (kumbuka kuwa hata kiswahili chake kilikuwa 0kibovu)]

Naomba kuchokoza mada kuhusu nafasi ya John Okello kwenye mapinduzi, kwa nini historia ilifunikwa?

Je aliishia wapi,..wapenda historia ya kweli wameshatamani hata kujua lilipo kaburi lake..kumbukeni wenzetu Kenya baada ya kugundua hila wanahaha kutafuta kaburi la Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi...mbona wapenda hitoria Zanzibar na Tanganyika kwa jumla hamumtendei haki JOHN OKELLO [FIELDMASHAL]?

pm,
Nilishawahi kuuliza katika mwanzo wa mada hii: nini ilikuwa role ya Karume? Sasa naongezea: kwa nini Karume anastahili kuheshimiwa kwa mapinduzi ya Zanzibar il hali hatujui akuliwa na role gani?

Nafadhali wana JF.
Kwa yule mwenye kuifahamu CV ya huyu mtu muhimu kwenye historia ya nchi yetu atuwekee hapa.

Na vile vile ningeomba ile picha ya kwanza ya Baraza la Mapinduzi ambayo mkuu huyu alikaa katikati huku akiwa amezungukwa na wanamapinduzi wengine.

Huyu Field Marshal John Okello ndiye alifanya mapinduzi ya Zanzibar mwaka 1964 bila hata Karume kujua. Najua wapambe wa Karume watatudanganya kwamba Karume ndiye aliyeongoza hayo mapinduzi.

Karume alikuja kujua baadaye.

Baadaye kwa kushirikiana na Nyerere wakaamua kumtema jamaa na kumfukuzia Uganda/Kenya.

Uchunguzi wangu wote kuhusu mapinduzi ya Zanzibar unaonyesha Okello ndiye aliyeongoza hayo mapinduzi. Hivyo siasa tunayofundishwa madarasani inaweza kuwa ni uongo mtupu.

Field Marshal Okello Biography from Wikipedia

Youth
John Okello was baptised at two years old (his baptised name being Gideon). From his eleventh year, he was an orphan and he grew up with other relatives. When he was fifteen, he left his house in order to search for work and he worked in several places in East Africa. He worked from 1944 as clerk, manservant, gardener and worker. He later learned the trade of bricklaying and was active as a bricklayer. He was arrested in Nairobi (Kenya) for unclear reasons (he himself stated that he was arrested for a crime of sexual nature) and stayed in prison for two years. During his incarceration he became a revolutionary.

Speculations are abound about Okello having held residence and being trained in the communist Cuba of Fidel Castro, although this has not been confirmed by Okello himself.

Police officer on Pemba
In 1959 Okello left for the island of Pemba, where he tried to find work on one of the farms, but became a police officer instead. Okello joined the Afro-Shirazi Party of sheik Abeid Karume. This party opposed the domineering position of the minority Arabs on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba.

Revolutionary
Okello left for Zanzibar in 1963, where he contacted the leaders of the Afro-Shirazi Youth League, the youth organisation of the Afro-Shirazi Party. The Youth League strived for a revolution in order to break the power of the Arabs. On Zanzibar, Okello was also a member of the Painters Union, being a house painter. In his free time he built up a small army of determined African nationalists. This army was required to hold themselves to the strict rules of Okello: sexual abstinence, no raw meat and no alcohol.

The highly religious Okello was convinced he had been given orders in his dreams by God to break the powerful position of the Arabs and to found the revolutionary state on Zanzibar and Pemba. On the night before the “revolution”, Okello gave his men the order to kill all Arabs between 18 and 25 years of age, to spare pregnant and elderly women, and not to rape virgins.


Uprising
On January 12, 1964, with popular support from the island's oppressed native African majority, Okello and his men fought their way to the capital of Zanzibar, Stone Town, where the sultan lived. Even though they were poorly armed, Okello and his men surprised the police force of Zanzibar and they took power.

During a speech on radio, Okello dubbed himself the "field marshal of Zanzibar and Pemba". He gave the sultan an order to kill his family and to kill himself afterwards; otherwise, Okello would do so himself. However, the sultan had already brought himself to safety later to be harboured in Britain. The prime minister and other ministers also managed to escape.

The coup led to the poorly-known massacre of between 5,000 and 20,000 Arabs, whose families had been living in Zanzibar for centuries, between January 18 and 20.

Shoved to the side
Okello created a Revolutionary Council and named the leader of the Afro-Shirazi Party, Abeid Karume, as president and leader of the (Arabic) Umma-(Massa) Party, sheik Abdulrahman Muhammad Babu as prime minister (later: vice-president). Both Karume and Babu had not been informed of the coup. Both residing in Tanganyika, but returned to Zanzibar, where they were welcomed by Okello. However, neither Karume or Babu wanted anything to do with him. When Okello left for the African mainland they forbade him to return and he was deported both from Tanganyika and Kenya.


Speculations concerning his death
Okello then stayed in Kenya, in Congo-Kinshasa and in Uganda. He was incarcerated multiple times and was last seen with the Ugandan president Idi Amin in 1971 and vanished afterwards. In the book “Revolution on Zanzibar”, written by Don Petterson, it is more or less assumed that Idi Amin saw him as a threat (after Amin promoted himself Okello reportedly joked that "now Uganda has two field marshals"[citation needed]) and had arranged his assassination. This remains speculative, however.

By Bonnie1974

Nafadhali wana JF.
.... ningeomba ile picha ya kwanza ya Baraza la Mapinduzi ambayo mkuu huyu alikaa katikati huku akiwa amezungukwa na wanamapinduzi wengine.

Jaribu kutembelea bandiko la "
Tukumbuke Zamani: Historia Ya Taifa Letu Katika Picha" utakuta picha hiyo, aidha utona na zingine nyingi........

Hivi kweli Babu aliweza kupiga mtumbwi toka Dar mpaka Unguja?

Zanzibar Revolution

By kibunango

Jaribu kutembelea bandiko la "
Tukumbuke Zamani: Historia Ya Taifa Letu Katika Picha" utakuta picha hiyo, aidha utona na zingine nyingi........

Mkuu unatazama mpaka spelling...hujatulia.Haya basi "TAFADHALI"

By Mtanzania

Hivi kweli Babu aliweza kupiga mtumbwi toka Dar mpaka Unguja?

Zanzibar Revolution

That is what they say.But since tumelichokoza hili info zitakuja tu.Tulia mkuu.

By Mtanzania

Speculations concerning his death
Okello then stayed in Kenya, in Congo-Kinshasa and in Uganda. He was incarcerated multiple times and was last seen with the Ugandan president Idi Amin in 1971 and vanished afterwards. In the book “Revolution on Zanzibar”, written by Don Petterson, it is more or less assumed that Idi Amin saw him as a threat (after Amin promoted himself Okello reportedly joked that "now Uganda has two field marshals"[citation needed]) and had arranged his assassination. This remains speculative, however.

Nimelichokoza hili makusudi ili tupate kujua ni kwa jinsi gani,tutamkumbuka huyu Comrade?

Nashauri tutoe angalau mtaa au hata kujenga mnara au sanamu.

Huyu ni mmoja wa watu wachache AMBAO WALIWEZA KUTHUBUTU.
Kwa kazi yake ile,Leo tunakula KUKU.

NAFIKIRI ANASTAHILI KUKUMBUKWA , kama tunawakumbuka akina Mzee Aziz Ally,Mzee Tambaza,Mzee Malapa basi WHY NOT FIELD MARSHAL JOHN OKELLO?

I get sad feeling kwamba kesho watoto wetu utakapowauliza WHO IS OKELLO,HAWATOMJUA na wala HAWATATAKA KUMJUA.

Kuna mtahalo ulifanyika pale UDSM wa kumkumbuka A.M.Babu, nikapata nafasi ya kuudhuria,nikiwa nazungukazunguka nikakutana na msomi mmoja na katika maongezi yetu nikajikuta namweleza habari za A.M.Babu....alinitupia swali ambalo sitokuja kulisahau maishani mwangu na pengine hiyo ni moja na sababu ya kuanzisha thread kama hii.

Naomba niwashirikishe swali lake:WHO IS BABU?

Sasa kama A.M.BABU hajulikani!!!

ITAKUWAJE KWA MHESHIMIWA FIEL MARSHAL JOHN OKELLO.

KAMA MZEE HUYU AMEFARIKI.BASI MUNGU AILAZE ROHO YAKE MAHALA PEMA PEPONI.

Niliwahi kusoma kitabu chake Field Marshal John Okello, ilikuwa inasikitsha sana. Ni muda na sikumbuki jina la kitabu, lakini alikuwa anajiuliza amefanya nini kwa mungu mpaka astahili adhabu ya kutimuliwa kama jambazi.

Huyo msomi ambaye hakujua Babu ni nani, inabidi aanze kusoma upya historia ya nchi yetu.

Ukisoma vitabu vya Babu utaelewa histora ya Afrika vizuri. Nakumbuka maandishi ya Babu ya the three Seke Toures, nilipenda kweli kweli hayo maandishi.

By Mtanzania

Niliwahi kusoma kitabu chake Field Marshal John Okello, ilikuwa inasikitsha sana. Ni muda na sikumbuki jina la kitabu, lakini alikuwa anajiuliza amefanya nini kwa mungu mpaka astahili adhabu ya kutimuliwa kama jambazi.

Huyo msomi ambaye hakujua Babu ni nani, inabidi aanze kusoma upya historia ya nchi yetu.

Ukisoma vitabu vya Babu utaelewa histora ya Afrika vizuri. Nakumbuka maandishi ya Babu ya the three Seke Toures, nilipenda kweli kweli hayo maandishi.

Comrade Mtanzania,
wasomi wetu wa sasa hawajifunzi yale yaliyo nje ya kile wanachofundishwa darasani.
Lengo ni kuchana paper,kwa kupata first class or upper second.
Mambo mengine haya ni kupoteza muda.

By Mtanzania

Niliwahi kusoma kitabu chake Field Marshal John Okello, ilikuwa inasikitsha sana. Ni muda na sikumbuki jina la kitabu, lakini alikuwa anajiuliza amefanya nini kwa mungu mpaka astahili adhabu ya kutimuliwa kama jambazi.

Huyo msomi ambaye hakujua Babu ni nani, inabidi aanze kusoma upya historia ya nchi yetu.

Ukisoma vitabu vya Babu utaelewa histora ya Afrika vizuri. Nakumbuka maandishi ya Babu ya the three Seke Toures, nilipenda kweli kweli hayo maandishi.

Hilo la kutimuliwa nimeshacome across nalo na alisikitika sana that is according to literature.
Lakini bado najiuliza WHY...

Hili suala ni la muda mrefu na nafikiri siyo CLASSIFIED tena,tunaomba kama kuna mtu yeyote from inside anaweza kutueleza sababu , tutashukuru.

HUYU MTU NI MTU MUHIMU SANA KATIKA HISTORIA YA NCHI HII.

By Bonnie1974

Comrade Mtanzania,
wasomi wetu wa sasa hawajifunzi yale yaliyo nje ya kile wanachofundishwa darasani.
Lengo ni kuchana paper,kwa kupata first class or upper second.
Mambo mengine haya ni kupoteza muda.

Ndio maana sasa tuna taifa la wajinga wengi, wasio fikiri nje ya kasunduku kao.

badala ya kuita mitaa au shule kwa majina ya mashujaa kama hawa, shule zinaitwa majina ya mafisadi kama nazir karamagi, cyril chami nk

Hii Controversial figure imenivutia, na najaribu kupata data zake lakini inaonekana kama hazipo vile. Ni figure inayotajwa ktk mapinduzi ya Zenj. Naomba mwenye data aziweke tumfahamu huyu jamaa. Nami nikizipata nitamwaga!

Who is this guy?

Awali ya yote nampongeza muanzisha mada hii kutaka hasa wale wote waliosahauliwa katika historia ya nchi yetu.

Ama ukitaja mapinduzi machozi yananitoka "Laiti unayajuwa yaliyotendeka wakati wa Mapinduzi utabaki kujiuliza maswali tuu hakuna majibu. Naomba ufuate hii link YouTube - Arab Massacre in Zanzibar ndio utaona maana halisi ya "Mapinduzi"

Nikirudi kwa John Okello utapata historia iliyoandikwa vizuri sana na Mtunzi wa Kitabu Harith Ghassany "Kwa Heri Ukoloni Kwa Heri Uhuru" ambapo kinapatikana bure katika website ya mwandishi Goodbye Colonialism, Goodbye Freedom! Zanzibar and the Afrabia Revolution

Ukirejea kitabu hiki utapata mwangaza mzuru sana juu ya Mapinduzi yaliyoongozwa na John Okello na sababu za kufukuzwa mpaka kurudishwa kwao Uganda.

Alipofika kwao Uganda aliishia Gerezenai na hapo aliandika kitabu ambacho nikitafuta sana lakini sijafanikiwa kukipata.

alsaidy,
Samahani sana lakini Ghassany kachakachua historia. Huwezi kuandika historia based on heresay.

Wakati huo huo tusisahau kuwa wengine ambao tunalazimishwa kuwasahau ni
Abdulwahid na Ally Sykes, Hamza Mwapachu, Tewa Said Tewa,Ali Migeyo , Suedi Kagasheki,Dossa Azizi,Abdulkarim Karimjee,Chifu Abdieli Shangali wa Machame, Kleist Sykes,Ally Sykes na Abdulwahid Sykes

kwa uchache sasa huyo Okello alikwa ni just one in a million na at least eyey leo anazungumzwa,




umenikumbusha mbali sana haya majina...kn wanaosema waislam ndiyo walianza harakati za kudai uhuru? nisaidieni maana kuna jamaa yangu mmoja ana udini sana hasa katika suala la historia ya uhuru..

By Phillemon Mikael

sasa nani anayo historia inayotambulika duniani inayosema tofauti na hii .aweke hapa....

Sauti:Mahojiano na Dr.Harith

By Jasusi

alsaidy,
Samahani sana lakini Ghassany kachakachua historia. Huwezi kuandika historia based on heresay.

Japo kuwa ni simulizi lakini ni ya watu ambao wamehusika moja kwa moja sio simulizi za aina ya 'nilimsikia baba/babu yangu'

Simulizi za aina ya "Mimi ndie niliyempakia Karume na Babu baada ya Mapinduzi kutoka Bara kwenda Zanzibar", "Mimi ndie niliyepanga kumpindua na kumuuwa Karume" ziko karibu zaidi na aina ya vitabu vya biography kama wangeandika.

Sisemi kuwa kila kilichoandikwa ni cha kusadikika kwa asilimia mia lakini kukidharau kwa asilimia mia nayo si haki.

Besides reference zilizotumiwa kusupport hizo simulizi ni cables na ripoti za kibalozi na mashirika mengine ya kijasusi.