On 12 January 1964,
John Okellooverthrew the
Sultan of Zanzibar and adopted a black-yellow-blue tricolour as the flag of the
People's Republic of Zanzibar. On 29 January, the country's flag was changed to a blue-black-green tricolour.[1] This design, which was based on the flag of the
Afro-Shirazi Party, was the longest-lived of the post-independence flags and eventually formed the basis for the current flag. On 26 April 1964, Zanzibar united with
Tanganyika to form the new country of
Tanzania and Zanzibar's old flag fell out of use.[4]
19 October 1856 to 27 August 1896
27 August 1896 to 10 December 1963
Flag of the British Resident Minister of Zanzibar 1952–1963