October 1 1975 idi Amin made a dangerous speech

 The Amin Speech That Shocked The World.

On October 1, 1975, in New York, for the first time in UN history, the pan-Africanist president opted to address world leaders in an African language: the Luganda dialect.

During a visit to the United Nations, Ugandan President Idi Amin urged Americans to "rid their society of the Zionists."

In a long statement to the General Assembly presented in the presence of President Amin by his chief delegate to the UN, Khalid Younis Kinene, he claimed that the United States had been "colonized by the Zionists."

 

President Amin stated in a statement read by the Uganda delegate that he wanted the world to know that Africans were not just against "colonialism, neocolonialism, and Zionism," but also against hunger and other societal issues.

President Amin sat in a beige armchair on the rostrum as Uganda's chief delegate read the lengthy statement in English. 

According to a translation, Amin stated that he did not want to communicate in a "foreign language," therefore he requested that his chief delegate deliver his message for him.

After the delegate read the 90minute message, President Amin stood up and delivered an improvised speech in British-accented English.

 

Speaking as head of the Organization of African Unity (now African Union), Uganda's President stated that the regional body will make every effort to bring the warring liberation groups in Angola together. Speaking  of southern Africa, President Amin stated that if independence from "racist" countries could not be achieved peacefully, "there can be no other option except to attain freedom on the battlefield."

President Amin said that there would be no compromise with apartheid, South Africa's system of racial isolation must be buried adding that South Africa should be denied UN membership.

Furthermore, he urged the UN to "help save blood" in southern Africa by supporting the struggle for liberty and independence of black people in South Africa, southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)