Comprises:
- Photocopy of typed transcript of D.S. Henderson's personal diary during the period of the Buganda emergency, 23 May-2 July 1966.
- Photocopy of official police diary during the emergency, 6-29 June 1966.
- Three photographs of the Lubiri, the official residence at Mengo of the Kabaka of Buganda, two showing the destruction caused by the sacking on 24 May 1966.
Dates
- 1966
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. 5452
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 5452
Abstract
D.S. Henderson's papers relating to the Buganda emergency, 1966.
Biographical / Historical
D.S. Henderson was a police officer in Uganda at the time of the Buganda emergency in 1966.
In February 1966 Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda, suspended the constitution and dismissed the President, Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda. The political unrest culminated in a military assault on the Lubiri, the Kabaka's official residence on Mengo Hill, Kampala, led by Colonel Idi Amin and the Kabaka went into exile.
In February 1966 Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda, suspended the constitution and dismissed the President, Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda. The political unrest culminated in a military assault on the Lubiri, the Kabaka's official residence on Mengo Hill, Kampala, led by Colonel Idi Amin and the Kabaka went into exile.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by D.S. Henderson in 1970.
Existence and Location of Originals
D.S. Henderson retained his original, handwritten, personal diary and the original typed transcript and the original of the official diary.
- Title
- Catalogue of D.S. Henderson's papers relating to the Buganda emergency, 1966
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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