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Amin, Idi, 1925-2003

Title
  1. Amin, Idi, 1925-2003 : clippings.

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  1. New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Description
  1. 1 folder.
Summary
  1. Clipping and miscellaneous material about Amin, Idi Dada; president, foreign military officer. Lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of First Battalion, Uganda Army (1964); promoted to major general (1968); led a coup d’état, proclaimed himself president and appointed a council of ministers; Chair of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) (1975); contrived a proclamation making him "President for Life" (1976); fled to Libya and received asylum until (1979); later moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; died 16 August 2003 in Saudi Arabia.
Subject
  1. Presidents
  2. Great Britain. Army. King’s African Rifles > Organization of African Unity
  3. Military officers
  4. Koboko (Uganda) > Saudi Arabia > Uganda
  5. Uganda. Army. First Battalion
  6. Clippings
  7. Amin, Idi, 1925-2003
Genre/Form
  1. Clippings.
Call number
  1. Sc VF: Part 3
Note
  1. Compiled by: Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Part 3 collected from 1989-
Title
  1. Amin, Idi, 1925-2003 : clippings.
Added author
  1. New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc VF: Part 3
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