People from across different regions, sects and tribes rose up in unity to demand the overthrow of the ruling system and to express hatred for the foreigners that controlled it.
Lakini msiba mkuu wa taifa hili ni kwamba kinyume chake, baada ya uhuru msimamo ukawa ni ule ule wa kuwaona Waislamu kuwa ni maadui wa kupigwa vita na mikakati ya kuwabana Waislamu katika maeneo yale matatu ikaimarishwa zaidi wakati wa utawala wa Nyerere.