I am not sure whether this book was a satire of Idi Amin, the previous dictator of Uganda or if it is actually true. If satire, it grew old pretty quickly. If true, then the guy is a complete whackjob.
It's for the best that you couldn't publish this today. Still very funny, though, and the entry about Shirley Temple becoming the American ambassador to Ghana in 1974 (which actually happened) is brilliant.