John Okello

John Okello
Born26 October 1937 (1937-10-26)
Otuke District, Uganda Protectorate
Diedc. 1971 (aged 33–34)

John Gideon Okello (26 October 1937 – c. 1971) was a Ugandan revolutionary and the leader of the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964. This revolution overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah and led to the proclamation of Zanzibar as a republic.

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