History of Uganda (1971–79) to early 1971, Milton Obote's regime had terrorized, harassed, and tortured people. Frequent food shortages had blasted food prices through the ceiling. Obote's persecution of Indian traders had contributed to this. During Obote's regime, flagrant and widespread corruption had emerged. The regime was disliked, particularly in Buganda where people had suffered the most. By January 1971, Milton Obote, then President of Uganda, was prepared to rid himself of the potential threat posed by Idi Amin. Departing for the 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Singapore, he relayed orders to loyal Langi officers that Amin and his supporters in the
The Beguiled (1971 film) The Beguiled (1971 film) The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic, thriller-drama film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled "A Painted Devil". The film marks the third of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) and "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970), and continuing with "Dirty Harry" (1971) and "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979). During the American Civil War in 1863, Amy, a 12-year-old student at the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for