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So...just hear me out. I've got this half-baked idea, and I just can't let it go. It started with watching a film, The Last King of Scotland, when Forrest Whitaker as Idi Amin mentions that he wants to "kick the Boers off the continent."

Now, I know Idi Amin was a big Pan-Africanist for awhile before he soured his whole deal and got exiled for picking a fight with other Africans. But, let's suppose he didn't. Let's suppose that instead of going after Kenya he (or someone else more logical) had decided to get a lot more of the media spotlight by trying to put together some sort of Pan-African alliance in an attempt to confront South Africa both politically and militarily the way the Arab states had with Israel.

And perhaps...sometime between 1970 and 1980, there was general attempt by some united force of African countries to place what they consider to be a "friendly" government in power in South Africa.

How is this possible, and what are your opinions on it's possible outcomes?
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