The various factions debated everything; rights versus privileges, new-comers versus old established families, Capitalism vs Socialism, merchants vs landowners, Zanzibari's vs Pemban's, Asians vs Arabs, Swahili's vs Mainlanders, and all this against the backdrop of the Cold War and the other nationalistic and de-colonial movements abounding in Africa at that time.
Vikundi mbali bmali vilijadiliana juu ya mambo mbali mbali; mfano Haki dhini ya fursa, Wageni dhidi ya wenyeji wa zamani, Ubepari dhidi ya Ujamaa, Wafanyabiashara dhidi ya wamiliki ardhi, Waunguja dhidi ya Wapemba, Waasia dhidi ya pazia la nyuma la vita baridi na harakati za utaifa na kuondosha ukoloni ambazo zilikuwepo kipindi hiki ndani ya Afrika.