By Sara Armstrong
On January 25, 1971, Idi Amin Dada seized energy and plunged this tropical paradise right into a cycle of incredible terror and bloodshed. in the course of the subsequent six years, as this brilliant tragedy spread out, Sara moved freely round Uganda, witnessing many stuff that weren't stated together with the old 1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe Airport. The Shattered Pearl is a gripping, interesting account of a major trip full of experience, love, pleasure, and terror.
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