Video: How an African princess made a political career and escaped from a cannibal dictator
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Elizabeth Bagaya von Toro is an African princess, in whose fate there were countless trials, but she emerged victorious from all of them, and her life became a symbol of determination. She built a political career as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda and survived a relationship with the dictator Idi Amin. A lawyer by profession, she also tried herself in acting and went on the catwalk as a top model.
Elizabeth was born in 1936, by birth she was the princess of the Kingdom of Tooro, which was part of the British protectorate of Uganda. This gave Elizabeth the opportunity to study at Cambridge and became the first East African woman to attend this university. A law degree became a successful platform for Elizabeth's political career.
In 1967, the kingdoms were abolished, and the time for change came in the fate of Elizabeth. She tried herself in the modeling business and immediately got on the covers of such world publications as Vogue, LIFE, Ebony and Harper's Bazaar. According to Elizabeth herself, at that moment she showed by her behavior that black people can realize themselves in any area.
Elizabeth also dabbled in the role of an actress, she starred in the films Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease. The issues of both paintings concerned the influence of Western civilization on the culture of Nigeria.
In the 1970s, dictator Idi Aman, nicknamed Hitler of Africa, established power over Uganda. He demanded that all residents of the country with Asian roots leave Uganda within 90 days. Elizabeth was offered the position of Foreign Secretary and the role of wife. She refused to become a wife and, next, lost a high position. After these events, Elizabeth was kept under house arrest for a long time, she miraculously managed to escape, and she was able to return to Uganda only in 1980.
Activity cannibal and dictator Idi Amin is one of the most terrifying pages in modern history.
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