History of Uganda Minister, suspended the constitution and assumed all government powers, removing the positions of president and vice president. In September 1967, a new constitution proclaimed Uganda a republic, gave the president even greater powers, and abolished the traditional kingdoms. After a military coup on 25 January 1971, Obote was deposed from power and the dictator Idi Amin seized control of the country. Amin ruled Uganda with the military for the next eight years and carried out mass killings within the country to maintain his rule. An estimated 300,000 Ugandans lost their lives at the hands of his regime, many of them
Kabell Years: 1971–1979 selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. All compositions by Wadada Leo Smith except where noted. Disc one Disc two Disc three Disc Four Notes Kabell Years: 1971–1979 Kabell Years: 1971-1979 is a four-CD box set released on Tzadik Records compiling American jazz trumpeter/composer/inmproviser Wadada Leo Smith's earliest albums which were originally released on his own, privately pressed label Kabell along with additional previously unissued material from the same era. The set includes the previously released material from "Creative Music - 1", "Reflectativity", "Song of Humanity" and "". In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes that