Tag: Political biography
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Kemi Badenoch on Joining the Conservatives: From Party Scene to Policy Debates
Background: Badenoch’s candid reflection on her political awakening In a frank interview on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Conservative MP and leader candidate Kemi Badenoch revisited a candid memory from her student days. She said she initially joined the Conservative Party to partake in the social aspects — the parties, the interactions with other…
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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…