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During the Cold War, Zanzibar was dubbed the "Cuba of Africa". As far as I can tell, Zanzibar wasn't a military threat, not did they have stockpiles of missiles. Why then nickname them "The Cuba of Africa"?

by /u/unklethan in /r/AskHistorians

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