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The Silent Sunset

The Silent Sunset

The Silent Sunset

Jennifer Nyeko-Jones

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AuthorHouse UK
Año de edición:
2011
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Memorias
ISBN:
9781456777128
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THE SILENT SUNSET is a biography of Sirayo Yona Nyeko, born and raised in colonial Uganda, during the middle of the twentieth century. With the advent of the brutal regime of Idi Amin in Uganda, 1971-79, Sirayo sought sanctuary in his own innocence and his faith in mankind, a faith that would be sorely tested with ultimately tragic consequences. His story is just one of the over 300,000 victims of Amin’s tyranny, one of the most evil despots of modern history.This book is unique in that it breaks away from the current trend of writing about Amin and instead depicts the brutal real life consequences of the dictator’s rule. A first-hand account of one of the victims of Idi Amin. The news about my father first appeared as a headline in the Sunday Times of London in June 1977. The news altered mine and my family’s life forever.....

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