Kampala in the Cold War

The atlas holds 7 people and 12 moments here, from 1951 to 1980. The most recorded lives are Idi Amin, Milton Obote and Mwai Kibaki.

Chinua Achebe
in 1962
1 moment here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Idi Amin
from 1966 to 1979
3 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Milton Obote
from 1969 to 1980
3 moments here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Mwai Kibaki
from 1951 to 1958
2 moments here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Siad Barre
in 1975
1 moment here
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer and president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1966
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Yasser Arafat
in 1975
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…