| LC control no. | n 83211336 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Elizabeth, Princess of Toro |
| Variant(s) | Nyabongo, Elizabeth |
| Associated country | Uganda |
| Birth date | 1936 |
| Place of birth | Uganda |
| Affiliation | National Resistance Movement (Uganda) Sherborne School for Girls Girton College (University of Cambridge) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Models (Persons) Diplomats Politicians |
| Found in | Her African princess, 1983: t.p. (Princess Elizabeth of Toro) Her Elizabeth of Toro, c1989: CIP t.p. (Elizabeth of Toro; Elizabeth Nyabongo) galley (Princess Elizabeth Bagaya Nyabongo) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Nyabongo, Elizabeth; Elizabeth Bagaaya; lawyer, model, diplomat, politician; born 1936 in Uganda; princess, daughter of George David Mathew Kamurasi Rukidii III, 11th king of Toro; studied at Kyebambe Girls' School, Toro, the Church Missionary Society's elite girls boarding school, the Gayaza High School; the Sherborne School of Girls, Dorset, England; graduated from the Girton College, Cambridge, BA in law (1962); left Uganda for UK (1967); worked for the Peter Lumley Agency, London and as a model for Queen Magazine, British Vogue, American Vogue, Look, LIFE, Ebony, Harper's Bazaar (1968); became an actress; participated in the political life of Uganda, when the National Resistance Movement (NRM) took power, she was appointed ambassador to the United States; was involved in charity work for African causes, had TV appearances in the West; published her autobiography (1989); when the kingdom was restored in 1993, her brother became king of Toro and she regained her role as batebe (official sister) until 1995; she was appointed Uganda's ambassador to Germany and the Vatican; later served as Uganda's ambassador to Nigeria (2005)) |
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