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Apollo Milton Obote Apollo Milton Obote
Apollo Milton Obote , 1924-2005, president of Uganda (1966-71, 1980-85). Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded (1960) the Uganda People's Congress. Prime minister from 1962 to 1966, he led a revolution, installing himself as president in 1966. Overthrown by Idi ... Read more
Chagga Chagga
Chagga ETHNONYMS: Chaga, Dschagga, Jagga, Wa-caga, Waschagga (sing., Mchagga; contemporary self-designation) Orientation Identification and Location. In the nineteenth century the Kichagga-speaking people on Mount Kilimanjaro were divided into many small, autonomous chiefdoms. Early... Read more
Idi Amin Idi Amin
Idi Amin , c.1925-2003, Ugandan army officer and dictator. From the small Kakwa ethnic group, he advanced in the Ugandan armed forces from private (1946) to major general (1968). In 1971 he seized control of the government, toppling the regime of Milton Obote . In power, Amin exhibited an... Read more
Rwanda Rwanda
Rwanda , officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,441,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south. Kigali is the capital and largest town. Land and... Read more
Tanzania Tanzania
Tanzania , officially United Republic of Tanzania, republic (2005 est. pop. 36,766,000), 364,898 sq mi (945,087 sq km), E Africa, formed in 1964 by the union of the republics of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. For a description of the island of Zanzibar, and its history until 1964, see Zanzibar . Other... Read more
Masai Masai
Masai or Maasai , a largely nomadic pastoral people of E Africa, chiefly in Kenya and Tanzania. Cattle and sheep form the basis of the economy that they have maintained in resistance to cultural change. The Masai live off the milk, blood, and meat of their livestock. Masai society is... Read more
Despair Despair
173. Despair (See also Futility.) Achitophel hanged himself from despair when his advice went unheeded. [O.T.: II Samuel 17:23] Aram, Eugene scholar murders from pressure of poverty. [Br. Lit.: Eugene Aram ] Bowery, the Manhattan skid row for alcoholics. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 97] Giant... Read more
Turnus Turnus
Turnus , in Roman legend, king of the Rutulians. In the Aeneid he is a spirited warrior. When his betrothed, Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, was given to the Trojan Aeneas by her father, Turnus led a combined force of Latins and Rutulians against the Trojans. After several bloody battles,... Read more
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Saint Pancras Saint Pancras
Pancras, St (d. early 4th century), martyr, supposedly a Phrygian orphan brought to Rome and converted there. Relics of the saint were sent by the pope to Oswy, king of Northumbria, in the 7th century, and from this his name appears in Bede's martyrology. Six ancient churches in England were... Read more

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