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Okello’s jail and exile mark Africa’s shifting revolut ionary fate
John Okello, the self styled field marshal of all Africa, has spent years jailed or deported across East Africa. Since his 1964 Zanzibar coup he has faced detentions in Kenya Uganda and Tanzania while being lauded by those regimes for correcting imbalances. He was jailed again on the fifth anniversary of his coup and remains a controversial figure in regional politics.
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All Africa
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East Africa
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Moise Tshambe
Malawi
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East Germany
Soviet Union
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