ZANZIBAR, April 7 -- A MOVING tribute captured in a local classic music refrain by veteran musician Marjan Rajabu of the Dar es Salaam International Band in 1970s, still echoes across generations: “Heko hayati Karume, hatutokusahau kamwe Mwenyezi Mungu akuweke pahali pema kilichokufa ni kiwiliwili, lakini mawazo na matendo yako bado vipo”

“Salute to the late Karume, we will never forget you May God grant you a peaceful resting place what has perished is only the body, but your ideas and actions live on”

The music is normally heard from public radios- TBC and ZBC during the remembrance of Late Karume, April 1 to 8, annually.

It is a reality that more than half a century after the assassination of Abeid Amani Karu...