A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda. By Derek Peterson. Yale University Press; 376 pages; $35 and £25 Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni and the Making of the Ugandan State. By Mahmood Mamdani.
Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth ...
It’s been decades since I read a book as compelling as Prof Mahmood Mamdani’s extraordinary tour de force on Uganda. For most open-minded readers, this book will shake some deeply entrenched ...
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