What affect did de-colonization have on the cultural characteristics of your country? Upon gaining independence it both unified the country and also tore it apart creating ethnic tensions. It helped to unify because when Tanganyika and Zanzibar gained independence the two territories merged together to make Tanzania. However, when Zanzibar was in the process of gaining independence there was a huge rebellion where the black Zanzibarians attacked the Arabs and Asians on the island leaving a mass murder of thousands in the Zanzibar Revolution . The revolution took place on Jan. 12, 1964, when around 500 men attacked police stations and government buildings, the Sultan was quickly overwhelmed. The poorly trained Zanzibar policemen were crushed
