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[Narrator]Where the Nile rises on the equator...
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is the Africa of the great lakes.
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Uganda is half the size of France.
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Her ten million inhabitantshave never known famine.
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Her agricultural wealth,her exports of coffee,
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cotton, copperand to developing industry...
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allow her, for the most part,to be less and less dependent...
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on the outside world.
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It was shortly afterthe independence...
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of this former British colonyin 1962...
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that Lieutenant Idi Amin Dadabecame interested in politics.
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He rapidly became chief of staff...
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and the right-hand manof President Obote,
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whom he overthrew in 1971by a coup d'etat.
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Obote was unpopular,
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and his fall was welcomedby the population.
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He fled to Tanzania anda reward was offered for him,
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dead or alive.
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General Amin soon attracted attentionon the international scene...
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with his numerous telegramsto other heads of state.
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He called Nixon"my dear brother"...
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and wished him a quick recoveryfrom the Watergate affair.
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He congratulated the Chilean juntawhen it took power.
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He ordered the queen of Englandto send the Scottish guard...
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to accompany himto the Commonwealth Conference.
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Eighty-thousand Asiansinstalled by the British in Uganda...
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at the beginning of the century...
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controlled 80% of the country's economy.
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In 1972, after a dream,
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General Amin declared the economic war,
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which meant, on one hand,
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giving 90 days to the Asiansto leave the country,
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