50 Years On From Idi Amin of Uganda – The Indian Diaspora Will Remember Him Well
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A new novel The Fortunicity of Birdie Dalal by Claire Duende follows the experiences of a young Ugandan Asian woman expelled from Uganda by President Idi Amin says Tryphena Press LONDON (PRWEB) February 01, 2021 This February marks 50 years since a malevolent and ruthless Ugandan army officer staged a political coup in East Africa and pronounced himself President Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. He would come to be known as ‘The Butcher of Uganda’.
During his time in office, Idi Amin tortured, mutilated, and murdered thousands of Ugandans - estimated by Amnesty International to be around half a million people. So many of his victims were thrown into the Nile that the Owen Falls Dam regularly became blocked with body parts. He kept the decapitated heads of his opponents in his freezer, although he denied claims of canni