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Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star

Real Dictators

CHAPTER

A Brief History of Father Amin's Life and Work

In the Arab world, he decides that it would be to his benefit to try and curb immorality. He's trying to demonstrate that he too can be this moral authority figure. But after a while, the violence and the killings continue and he starts to see his popularity wane. The Organisation of African Unity Summit in July 1975 is quite an event. A scale mock-up of the city of Cape Town is set floating on Lake Victoria. Planes from the Ugandan Air Force home in and conductor Hap has a bombing display. And lastly, Amin's marriage to Sarah Kielaba, whom he welds in a lavish ceremony.

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