KNOW YOUR LEADER: YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI: His exact birthplace is still unknown, however, he was most likely born in #Ntungamo, which is located in south-western Uganda. Born on 15 August 1944, #Museveni is a member of the #Banyankole ethnic group and his surname, #Museveni, means Son of a man of the Seventh, in honour of the Seventh Battalion of the #KingsAfricanRifles, the #BritishColonialArmy in which many #Ugandans served during #World #War II. Museveni gets his middle name from his father, Amos #Kaguta, a cattle herder. Amos Kaguta is also the father of Musevenis brother Caleb #Akandwanaho, popularly known in Uganda as #SalimSaleh, and sister #Violet Kajubiri. Museveni attended Kyamate Elementary School, Mbarara High School, and #Ntare School. It was while at high school that he became a born-again Christian. In 1967, he went to the University of Dar es Salaam in #Tanzania. There, he studied economics and political science and became a Marxist, involving himself in radical pan-African politics. While at university, he formed the University Students African Revolutionary Front activist group and led a student delegation to FRELIMO territory in Portuguese Mozambique, where he received guerrilla training. Studying under the leftist Walter Rodney, among others, Museveni wrote a university thesis on the applicability of Frantz Fanons ideas on revolutionary violence to post-colonial Africa.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:40:24 +0000
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