Any political gathering held on the home turf of Uganda's dictatorial President Idi Amin Dada was bound to be a bit bizarre. The twelfth annual summit of the Organization of African Unity in Kampala last week easily lived upor downto expectations. "I will not embarrass you because of the confidence you have shown in me," "Big Daddy" promised as he became OAU chairman for the coming year. Nonetheless President Aminwho had generously promoted himself to the rank of field marshal for the occasionproceeded to put on a divertissement that could not fail to embarrass delegates who had come to...
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