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Meet the first woman from East Africa to be admitted to the English Bar, who went on to become the first black model to grace the front cover of the American Vogue Magazine in 1968, and before then Harper’s Bazaar magazine. She later became the foreign minister of Uganda in the 1970s, and addressed the UN General Assembly in 1974 as chairman of the OAU group. She is none other than Princess Elizabeth Bagaya of Toro, now 75, a woman who turned heads in her heyday. Curtis Abraham went to meet her.

In late 1974, Princess Elizabeth Bagaya of Toro, as Uganda’s minister for foreign affairs, led a colourful delegation to the 29th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The occasion was to be one of her finest hours as a diplomat and a pan-Africanist.

Bagaya and her delegation travelled to New York aboard Idi Amin’s presidential jet, which had been a gift to the Ugandan president from the Israelis. In New York, the then US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, gave a luncheon for all the African foreign ministers who were attending the UN session. Bagaya, as the ele

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Elizabeth of Toro: The Odyssey of an African Princess: An Autobiography

October 17, 2020

This book was absolutely excellent. As a woman whose parents grew up in Uganda, this book provided so much insight into their homeland and much of the political unrest that they lived through.

Pretty much every page was filled with real eye openers, I wasn’t even aware that before Uganda was colonized the place was made up of many Kingdoms, of which the Princess was part of - hers being of the Kingdom of Toro.

I did not realize the kingdoms were broken up by the government so recently. Also, I had no idea that Idi Amin was Muslim and for some reason had so much interaction with Israel. This part I clearly need to learn more about.

Overall, the whole story shows a black woman who is a seriously intelligent survivor and strong leader. She carried out so many positions in the Ugandan Government and managed to represent the country so excellently. She also clearly managed to keep herself alive and safe when she was often in so much danger with the unpredictable President Idi Amin.

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LEGEND: Princess Elizabeth Bagaya

Was born in 1936 to Lieutenant Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, the eleventh Omukama of Toro. Her mother was Kezia Byanjeru Abwooli,

She went to Gayaza High School and then Sherborne School for Girls in England where she was the only black student. She then joined Cambridge University.

Princess Elizabeth Bagaya opening up the YWCA Easter fair in Aid of raising money for YWCC

She became the third African woman to graduate from Cambridge University in 1962.

Three years later, Bagaya became a barrister-at-law, becoming the first woman from East Africa to be admitted to the English Bar. It was around the same time that she lost her father, which also made her brother,

At the coronation of Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi, Elizabeth received the title and office of Batebe (Princess Royal), which traditionally, made her the most powerful woman in Toro and the most trusted advisor of the king.

Bagaya was named ambassador in July 1971, and soon, Amin elevated her to Minister of Foreign Affairs, maki