"The rage of a maniac... the rape of a people!"
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Social & External
The people behind it
Joseph Olita
Idi Amin
Thomas Baptiste
Dr. Michael Oloya
Leonard Trolley
Bob Astles
Geoffrey Keen
British Ambassador
Louis Mahoney
Freedom fighter Ofumbi
André Maranne
French Ambassador
Denis Hills
Self
Tony Sibbald
Canadian Ambassador Davis
Norbert Okare
Kiwanuka
Ka Vundla
Malyamungu
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