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Mutoko Madness
[one_third] [/one_third] [one_third] [/one_third] [one_third_last] [/one_third_last] A Memoir By Angus Shaw How do you behave in a poker game with a genocidal murderer? General Mohammed Siad Barre of Somalia had a revolver lying beside his over-flowing ashtray on the baize card table. Dictators bully and cheat, not only at cards. Field Marshal General Idi Amin…
Read MoreKandaya, Another Time, Another Place.
The fight for independence in Zimbabwe comes under scrutiny in Kandaya, Another Time, Another Place. It is based own the experiences of a white conscript in Ian Smith’s army. Angus Shaw examines the camaraderie, the innocence turning to experience and the brutality that war engenders. It chronicles the roots of the conflict, the nervous humour…
Read MoreLust to Kill: The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
One of the bloodiest reigns in history is over. For eight years the man they called the Black Hitler ruled over Uganda with unprecedented brutality. Over these years thousands upon thousands of innocent people have been murdered and tortured by Amin and his henchmen. Then, on 11 1979, the Ugandan capital of Kampala fell to…
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