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The fall of Kampala
1978–79 — After Idi Amin annexes Tanzania’s Kagera salient, Nyerere’s army marches on Uganda and takes Kampala — a rare case of one African state toppling a neighbouring tyrant by force.
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — Building States from Colonies in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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