Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (far right) attends an official function when he was still President of Zanzibar. He allowed changes in Zanzibar, some of which contributed to his downfall. PHOTOIFILE
What you need to know:
For Zanzibaris, Mzee Jumbe, who died on Sunday afternoon at the age of 96 at his Dar es Salaam home, was the father of the movement for an autonomous Zanzibar. The movement was at first shaped behind closed doors. It later articulated by the main Isles’ opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF).
