Tag: Idi Amin
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Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review: Can Idi Amin ever be rehabilitated?
Revisiting a Dictatorship through a Different Lens Mamdani’s Slow Poison is not a conventional biography but a meticulous interrogation of how history remembers Idi Amin. The book dives into archives, testimonies, and Mamdani’s characteristic cross-disciplinary approach to power, violence, and legitimacy. The central question—whether Amin’s reign can ever be rehabilitated in the public record—unfolds against…
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Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review: Rehabilitating Idi Amin?
Overview Mahmood Mamdani’s Slow Poison confronts a thorny question at the intersection of biography, history, and political accountability: can a brutal past be rehabilitated in the eyes of posterity? The book surveys Idi Amin’s tumultuous rule in Uganda through a critical, often provocative lens, challenging readers to separate the archival traces of violence from the…
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Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review: Can Idi Amin ever be rehabilitated in historical memory?
Introduction: A provocative lens on power and memory Mahmood Mamdani’s Slow Poison is not a conventional biography or straightforward historical w o rk. It challenges readers to reconsider how political memory is manufactured, and whether a tyrant’s legacy can ever be rehabilitated in the wake of brutal rule. In this sharp, ideas-driven piece, Mamdani reframes…