Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu

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. Quotes "The taking over of ongoing viable farms' by states has invariably led to almost total collapse of agricultural production and has forced the countries concerned to incur heavy foreign debt to import food". “Socialism would come through African unity and vice versa”. “Eritrea’s present is the remote future of others… I am not ashamed to admit that I have been overwhelmed by what I saw. Living, working, and eating with these staunch revolutionaries, I am tempted to echo the famous quote: ‘I have seen the future of Africa, and it works’”. External links Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu Category:1924 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Marxists Category:Philosophers Category:Socialists from Africa Category:Revolutionaries Category:Pan-Africanists