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  2. Idi Amin - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...

  3. Katoucha Niane - Wikipedia

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    Katoucha Niane (23 October 1960 – 2 February 2008) was a Guinean model, activist and author. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess" (in reference to her ethnic Fula background), she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was known as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent during the 1980s.

  4. Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Wikipedia

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    By this time, many people inside and outside the CAE thought Bokassa was insane. The Western press, mostly in France, the UK and the US, considered him a laughingstock, and often compared his eccentric behavior and egotistical extravagance with that of another well-known eccentric African dictator, Idi Amin of Uganda.

  5. Sharpeville massacre - Wikipedia

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    Max Roach's 1960 album We Insist! Freedom Now Suite includes the composition "Tears for Johannesburg" in response to the massacre. South African artist Gavin Jantjes dedicated several prints in his series A South African Colouring Book (1974–75) to the Sharpeville Massacre. Iconic reportage photographs of scattering protesters are arranged ...

  6. Francisco Macías Nguema - Wikipedia

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    During his presidency, his country was nicknamed the "Dachau of Africa", after the Nazi concentration camp, [6] with condemnations of his government issued by the International Commission of Jurists, [88] World Council of Churches, [89] the UN, [28] the Organisation of African Unity, [90] [91] Amnesty International, [92] [93] and the European ...

  7. Category:1960s in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1960s in Africa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. 1960s in Botswana; M.

  8. Mercenaries and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    In the 1960s, mercenaries in Africa were able to influence conflicts in favor of the governments employing them. These mercenary companies' experience was influential in the Angolan Civil War. [2] [3] The careers of many famous mercenaries of the 20th century began in the Congo. Modern ideas and stereotypes about mercenaries have been formed ...

  9. Year of Africa - Wikipedia

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    O. H. Morris of the British Ministry of Colonies predicted in early January that "1960 will be a year of Africa". [1] The phrase "year of Africa" was also used by Ralph Bunche on 16 February 1960. Bunche anticipated that many states would achieve independence in that year due to the "well nigh explosive rapidity with which the peoples of Africa ...